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Stylites, St. Simeon

Stylites, St. Simeon

Christian monk whose philosophy was so ascetic that he dwelt atop a column to meditate. [Christian Hist.: EB, IX: 216]
See: Asceticism

Stylites, St. Simeon

lived 36 years on platform atop pillar. [Christian Hagiog.: Attwater, 309]
See: Isolation
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