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• St. Simeon Stylites the Elder —     St. Simeon Stylites the Elder     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► St. Simeon Stylites the Elder     St. Simeon was the first and probably the most famous of the long succession of stylitoe, or pillar hermits , who during more than six centuries… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Simeon Stylites, the Elder — (c. 390–459)    Saint.    Simeon was the most famous of the pillar hermits. He was born in Cilicia and, after finding monastic life too distracting, he retired to Telanissos where he lived on top of a pillar. It was about sixty feet high and on… …   Who’s Who in Christianity

• Simeon Stylites — Infobox Saint name=Saint Simeon Stylites birth date=c. 390 death date=2 September 459 feast day=1 September (Eastern Orthodox Church) 29 Pashons (Coptic Orthodox Church) 5 January (Western Christianity) venerated in=Oriental Orthodox Church… …   Wikipedia

• Siméon le Stylite — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Saint Siméon. Représentation du saint, assis sur sa colonne[1] …   Wikipédia en Français

• Simeon Stylites, Saint — or Simeon the Elder born с 390, Sisan, Cilicia died 459, Telanissus, Syria Syrian ascetic. A shepherd, he entered a monastic community but was expelled for excessive austerity and became a hermit. His reputed miracle working drew such crowds that …   Universalium

• Stylites — (from Greek stylos , pillar ) or Pillar Saints are a type of Christian ascetic who in the early days of the Byzantine Empire stood on pillars preaching, fasting and praying. They believed that the mortification of their bodies would help ensure… …   Wikipedia

• Stylites — • Solitaries who, taking up their abode upon the tops of a pillar (stylos), chose to spend their days amid the restraints thus entailed and in the exercise of other forms of asceticism. This practice may be regarded as the climax of a tendency… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Alypius the Stylite — Infobox Saint name=Saint Alypius the Stylite birth date=522 death date=640 feast day=November 26 venerated in=Eastern Orthodox Church Eastern Catholic Churches Roman Catholic Church imagesize= caption=Icon of St. Alypius the Stylite birth… …   Wikipedia

• Simeon — /sim ee euhn/, n. 1. a son of Jacob and Leah. Gen. 29:33. 2. one of the 12 tribes of Israel traditionally descended from him. 3. a devout man of Jerusalem who praised God for letting him see the infant Jesus. Luke 2:25 35. Cf. Nunc Dimittis (def …   Universalium

• Chronological list of saints in the 6th century — A list of 6th century saints: Name Birth Birthplace Death Place of death Notes Gerontius     501   Bishop of Cervia Eugenius of Carthage     505   Vigilius   …   Wikipedia