Possible Clues:

• Had to have made a home around the street
• Is the saint in need of having made a home?
• Need to have got around the saint to have made himself at home
• Fitting one inside another
• Progressively smaller, in a way
• When in need, the saint was at home with the birds
• Made a home, as a hawk
• Got snug
• Has to have got around the street to have been at home
• Need to have made a home around the street