Simeon Stylites
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Christian ascetic saint
Key facts
- Born
- c. 390 , Sis , Cilicia , Eastern Roman Empire
- Died
- 2 September 459 (aged 68 – 69) , Qalaat Semaan , Byzantine Syria (between Aleppo and Antioch )
- Venerated in
- Oriental Orthodox Church Eastern Orthodox Church Catholic Church Anglican Communion
- Canonized
- Pre-congregation
- Feast
- 1 September ( Eastern Orthodox Church ) 29 Pashons ( Coptic Orthodox Church ) 5 January ( Western Christianity ) 27 July ( Syriac Orthodox Church ) Monday after second Sunday of the Exaltation of the Cross ( Armenian Apostolic Church )
- Attributes
- Clothed as a monk in monastic habit , shown standing on top of his pillar
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Simeon
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Syria
- Place of birth
- Kozan
- Place of death
- Church of Saint Simeon Stylites
- Occupation
- stylite
- Languages spoken
- Syriac
- Religion
- Eastern Orthodoxy
- Image
- Simeon Stylites (Syria).jpg
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- Commons category
- Simeon Stylites
- date of death
- 0459-09-02
- Commons gallery
- Simeon Stylites
- canonization status
- Catholic saint
- date of birth
- 0389-00-00
- name in native language
- سمعان العمودي
- feast day
- July 27
- subject has role
- Confessor of the Faith
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Encyclopedic overview
Simeon Stylites or Symeon the Stylite (Greek: Συμεών ό Στυλίτης; Syriac: ܫܡܥܘܢ ܕܐܣܛܘܢܐ, romanized: Šimʕun dʼAstˁonā; Arabic: سمعان العمودي, romanized: Simʿān al-ʿAmūdī c. 390 – 2 September 459) was a Syrian Christian ascetic who achieved notability by living 36 years on top of a pillar near Aleppo (in modern Syria). Several other stylites later followed his model (the Greek word style means "pillar"). Simeon is venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church, Oriental Orthodox Churches, and the Eastern Orthodox Church. He is known formally as Simeon Stylites the Elder to distinguish him from Simeon Stylites the Younger, Simeon Stylites III and Symeon Stylites of Lesbos.
Sources
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