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Bookmark or Share- Stylite | Definition, History, & Facts | BritannicaStylite, a Christian ascetic who lived standing on top of a column or pillar. Stylites were permanently exposed to the elements and stood or sat day and night in their restricted areas, dependent on their disciples for sustenance. Learn about the history of this ascetic practice.
- Simeon Stylites - WikipediaSimeon Stylites or Symeon the Stylite (Greek: Συμεών ό Στυλίτης; Syriac: ܫܡܥܘܢ ܕܐܣܛܘܢܐ, romanized: Šimʻun dʼAsṯonāyā; Arabic: سمعان العمودي, romanized: Simʿān al-ʿAmūdī c. 390 – 2 September 459) was a Syrian Christian ascetic, who achieved notability by living 37 years on a small platform on ...
- Simeon Stylites - New World EncyclopediaSaint Simeon Stylites or Symeon the Stylite (c. 390– 2 September, 459) was a Christian ascetic saint who achieved fame for a life of increasingly strict devotions, culminating in 37 years on a small platform on top of a pillar in Syria.
- Stylite - WikipediaA stylite (Ancient Greek: στυλίτης (stylitēs) 'pillar dweller', derived from στῦλος (stȳlos) 'pillar' and Classical Syriac: ܐܣܛܘܢܝܐ (ʼasṯonáyé)) or pillar-saint is a type of Christian ascetic who lives on pillars, preaching, fasting and praying.
- Saint Simeon Stylites | Biography & Facts | BritannicaSt. Simeon Stylites (born c. 390, Sisan, Cilicia [near modern Aleppo, Syria]—died 459, Telanissus, Syria; Western feast day January 5; Eastern feast day September 1) was a Syrian Christian hermit who was the first known stylite, or pillar hermit (from Greek stylos, “pillar”).
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