Simeon Stylites

American  

[stahy-lahy-teez] / staɪˈlaɪ tiz /

noun

1. Saint, a.d. 390?–459, Syrian monk and stylite.

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Simeon Stylites British  

/ staɪˈlaɪtiːz /

noun

1. Saint. ?390–459 _ad , Syrian monk, first of the ascetics who lived on pillars. Feast day: Jan 5 or Sept 1

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Example Sentences

St. Simeon Stylites the Elder: In the 5th century, this Syrian ascetic climbed up a pillar with a tiny home on top of it.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 8, 2022

For 20 years Merton had been the most publicly visible Christian contemplative since St. Simeon Stylites took refuge on top of a pillar.

From Time Magazine Archive

To a modern eye, St. Simeon Stylites is likely to seem a kind of 5th-Century Shipwreck Kelly*�a symbol of ascetic reductio ad absurdum.

From Time Magazine Archive

George Lamb, a young British Catholic, discusses St. Simeon Stylites, the 5th century hermit who spent 37 years sitting on a pillar.

From Time Magazine Archive

Simeon Stylites himself helped the little girl to the choicest pieces of bacon, to delicate slices of white bread, and to any other good things which were on the table.

From Sue, A Little Heroine by Meade, L. T.