He wanted to left alone, and now he has followers.
When Scozze was first found living in the rugged mountains of Sicily, he made it very clear all he needed was God, his quill, journals, and copious amounts of ink. He appreciated the food the villagers brought to him -- especially the sweet red wine from the Fredonia region, molto delicioso! -- but he never asked for anything. All he wanted was to be left alone to write his books.
That, however, was not to be. Like in the early years of the Church, with the Desert Fathers, the Church Fathers, and with Saint Benedict, a small group of young men who also wanted to throw off the frenetic pace of modern life began to attend to him as followers, and then more, and in time more still.
Though he never asked for it, Scozze accidentally founded a monastery in the Sicilian mountains.
Accepting the inevitable, Scozze formalized the small community and decided to call it San Michele Vittorioso, or Saint Michael Victorious. Interestingly, though it has been the tradition in such situations for the leader of such a community to be called abbot, Scozze refused the title because abbot ultimately comes from abba, Aramaic for father. Scozze claims that, "as a lowly sinner," it would be an insult to God the Father for him to also be called father. Instead, he is simply called by his last name by his fellow monks, and refers to each one as Caro Amico -- Dear Friend.