Possible Clues:

• To make it stay put, 'e did it all by himself
• Religious recluse (hist.)
• Recluse identifying mineral verbally
• Is he in the middle of nowhere at odds with creation?
• Her action criminal, she’s in solitary
• Holy recluse has to make fast shortly before mass?
• Hermit's answer -- it must be found in new task
• Loner given a new job involving modern technology
• Hermit as a result of her action, sadly
• Rich tea, no crackers, for recluse