Simeon Stylites, Byzantine saint (born 390)

Simeon Stylites

Syrian Christian ascetic (c. 390 – 459)

Simeon Stylites or Symeon the Stylite was a Syrian Christian ascetic, who achieved notability by living 36 years on a small platform on top of a pillar near Aleppo. Several other stylites later followed his model. Simeon is venerated as a saint by the Eastern Catholic Churches,…