A stylite (Ancient Greek: στυλίτης (stylitēs) 'pillar dweller', derived from στῦλος (stȳlos) 'pillar' and Classical Syriac: ܐܣܛܘܢܝܐ (astˁonāyā)) or pillar-saint...
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Simeon Stylites or Symeon the Stylite (Greek: Συμεών ό Στυλίτης; Syriac: ܫܡܥܘܢ ܕܐܣܛܘܢܐ, romanized: Šimʕun dʼAstˁonā; Arabic: سمعان العمودي, romanized: Simʿān...
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Daniel the Stylite (Greek: Δανιὴλ ὁ στυλίτης, c. 409 – 493) is a saint and stylite of the Eastern Orthodox, Roman Catholic and Eastern Catholic Churches...
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Joshua the Stylite (also spelled Yeshu Stylite and Ieshu Stylite) is the attributed author of a chronicle which narrates the history of the war between...
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The Church of Saint Simeon Stylites (Arabic: كنيسة مار سمعان العمودي, romanized: Kanīsat Mār Simʿān el-ʿAmūdī) is one of the oldest surviving church complexes...
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Nicetas (Nikita) Stylites was a 12th-century Russian saint who founded the Monastery of St. Nicetas on the eastern shore of Lake Pleshcheyevo in Zalesye...
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Alypius the Stylite (‹See Tfd›Greek: Ἀλύπιος ὁ Στυλίτης) was a seventh-century ascetic saint. He is revered as a monastic founder, an intercessor for...
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Venerable Luke the Stylite (Greek: Λουκάς ό Στυλίτης; c. 879-979?) lived in Constantinople in the 10th century. He served as a soldier during the reign...
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Simeon Stylites the Younger, also known as Simeon of the Admirable Mountain (Greek: Συμεὼν ὁ νεώτερος ὁ στυλίτης, Arabic: مار سمعان العمودي الأصغر mār...
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John the Stylite, also known as John of Litharb (died c. 737/738), was a Syriac Orthodox monk and author. He was a stylite attached to the monastery of...
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on the opposite side for visitors. Anchorite Immurement Sokushinbutsu Stylite "Immured Anchorites- Tibetan Myths". Presscluboftibet.org. Retrieved 30...
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Saint Symeon Stylites of Lesbos (765/766–844) was a monk who survived two attempts on his life during the second period of Byzantine Iconoclasm (814–842)...
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The Chronicle of Pseudo-Joshua the Stylite is an anonymous Syriac history of the period 494–506 AD. Its actual title as given in the manuscript is A Historical...
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martyr Simeon Stylites, the Elder (390–459), 5th century Christian ascetic saint who lived for 37 years atop a pillar Simeon Stylites the Younger (521–596)...
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Simeon Stylites III was a pillar hermit bearing the same name as Simeon Stylites and Simeon Stylites the Younger. He is honoured by both the Greek Orthodox...
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(died 344), Christian martyr in Persia, feast day 21 February Daniel the Stylite (409–493), Mesopotamian monk and ascetic, feast day December 11 Daniel...
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are assumed to have at least one sister as a hagiography of Daniel the Stylite names a brother-in-law of Verina and Basiliscus as Zuzus. Stefan Krautschick...
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"St Simeon Stylites" is a poem written by Alfred Tennyson in 1833 and published in his 1842 collection of poetry. The poem describes the actions of St...
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Roman Martyrology Simeon of Mantua 900s 1016 1049 by Pope Leo IX Simeon Stylites c. 390 2 September 459 found in Roman Martyrology Simón de Rojas 28 October...
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but was a confusion with Alypios the Stylite, who shares a saint's day and city of birth, with the attribute 'stylite' being confused with a cognomen Στυλιανός...
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Enclosed religious orders Immured anchorite Mystical theology Shugendō Sadhu Stylite "The cell of enclosure, however, was equated with a prison, into which...
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Daniel founded the first monastery with the wooden church of St. Daniel-Stylite, which is now the Danilov Monastery. Daniel died in 1303, aged 42. Before...
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The Monastery of Saint Simeon Stylites the Younger (Turkish: Aziz Simon manastır) is a former Christian monastery that lies on a hill roughly 29 kilometres...
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Byzantium Alypius of Constantinople (fl. 430), Byzantine priest Alypius the Stylite (died 640), ascetic saint and monastic founder Alypius of Thagaste (died...
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Greatrex–Lieu (2002), II, 77 Joshua the Stylite, Chronicle, XC * Greatrex–Lieu (2002), II, 74 Joshua the Stylite, Chronicle, XCIII–XCIV * Greatrex–Lieu...
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Umm ar-Rasas (section Stylite tower)
stands about 1 mile (1.6 km) north of the walled ruins. Interpreted to be a stylite tower, the soaring structure served as a platform for Christian ascetics...
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Saint Rubin (category Stylites)
Orthodox church. He was a stylite of Kartamin. He is commemorated with feast days of August 1 and August 4. Hermit Simeon Stylites Oriental Orthodoxy Eastern...
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of Stoudios in Constantinople established. 475 – Church of Saint Simeon Stylites in Syria (Byzantine Empire) dedicated. 478–493 – Bolnisi Sioni basilica...
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Timothy of Kakhushta (redirect from Timothy the Stylite)
Timothy of Kakhushta or Timothy the Stylite (fl. c. 800) was a Syrian Melkite hermit and holy man known from an Arabic biography written not long after...
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of 1865 by Constantinou Dimitrios shows above the last two columns of the main group, a small stone structure in which had lived an ascetic or Stylite...
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