The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-07.
Simeon Stylites, Saint
(sm´n stl´tz) (KEY) [Gr.,= of a pillar], d. 459?, Syrian hermit. He lived for more than 35 years on a small platform on top of a high pillar. He had many imitators (called stylites) and gained the reverence of the whole Christian world. Feast: Jan. 5.