Stylites

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see Simeon Stylites.

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Simeon Stylites, Saint - (sĭm´ēŏn stīlī´tēz) [Gr.,= of a pillar], d. 459?, Syrian hermit. He lived for more than 35 years on a small platform on top of a high pillar. He had many imitat...