Simeon Stylites the Younger — Saint Simeon Stylites the Younger (521 May 24, 597) is a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church. Born at Antioch, his father was a native of Edessa, his mother, named Martha was afterwards revered as a saint and a life of her, which incorporates a… … Wikipedia
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
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 Church and the Coptic Church. He is hence believed to have lived in the fifth century before the breach which… … Wikipedia
Simeon Stylites the Younger, Saint — • From Antioch. 521 597, lived on a pillar for 68 years. Also a brief mention of St. Simeon Stylites III Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006 … Catholic encyclopedia
Stylites — (griech.: Säulenheiliger) ist der Name von: Daniel Stylites um (409–493), Säulensteher, Heiliger Symeon Stylites der Ältere (390–459), erster Säulenheiliger der Kirchengeschichte Simeon Stylites der Jüngere Josua Stylites … Deutsch Wikipedia
Simeon Stylites the Elder, Saint — • First and most famous of the hermits whose asceticism involved living atop a pillar. Died in 459 Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006 … Catholic encyclopedia
SIMEON Stylites — Eremita: stetir in columna 36. cubitorum Ann. 80. in precibus continuus, in ieiuniis admirandus. Obiit, centenariô maior, A. C. 460. Ut miraculo vivus, sic Leoni Imperatori et Antiochenis mortuus materia rixae fuit. Euagr. Hist. l. 1. c. 1. 13.… … Hofmann J. Lexicon universale
Simeon Stylites — [stī līt′ēz] Saint (A.D. 390? 459?); Syrian monk who lived & preached on the top of a pillar near Antioch for over 30 years: his day is Jan. 5 … English World dictionary
Simĕon — (Symeon, d.i. der Erhörte). I. Biblische Personen. 1) zweiter Sohn Jakobs u. der Lea, drang mit Levi in Sichem ein u. holte unter großen Gewaltthaten an den Sichemiten seine dort geschwächte Schwester Dina zurück (s.u. Sichem). S. soll die… … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
