Fecerat vero sibi mansionem non longe ab ecclesia remotiorem; in qua secretius cum paucis, id est, septem sive octo fratribus, quoties a labore et ministerio verbi vacabat, orare ac legere solebat.
He had indeed made himself not far from the church an abode somewhat withdrawn, in which, as often as he was at leisure from the business and ministry of the word, he was wont to pray and read more apart with a few, that is to say, seven or eight brethren.
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