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Our objective is the study about ascetic identity present in two forms of "monasticism in motion": the pilgrimage and hermitism. This concept includes medieval monastic traditions that give priority to ascetic loneliness associated with territorial movement periods. We believe that the two modalities - although traditionally based on different terms - correspond to a same monastic practice, if seen from a broader perspective. This hypothesis is confirmed when observed together with documentation and discussion about the origins and forms of expansion of primitive monasticism. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]