Stylite
Simeon the Stylite
Venerable Syrian ascetic, the first stylite, who lived for many years in prayer on a pillar.
- Era
- unknown
- Order
- Stylites
Life
Holy Venerable Simeon the Stylite of Cilicia was an ascetic who struggled on a pillar, and his brother, Saint George, is remembered with him.
The sources consulted show only that the tale of the venerable Simeon the Stylite of Cilicia is found in chapter fifty-seven of the Spiritual Meadow of the venerable John Moschus, without further details. The saint is commemorated on 13 March, a movable date, in the Synaxis of All Venerable Fathers Who Shone in Ascesis, in the new style.