- στυλίτης (stylitēs) "
pillar dweller",
derived from στῦλος (stȳlos) "
pillar" and
classical Syriac: ܐܣܛܘܢܝܐ (astˁonāyā)) or
pillar-
saint is a type of Christian...
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platform on top of a
pillar near
Aleppo (in
modern Syria).
Several other stylites later followed his
model (the Gr**** word
style means "
pillar").
Simeon is venerated...
- 87833°W / 41.65694; -0.87833 The Cathedral-Basilica of Our Lady of the
Pillar (Spanish: Catedral-Basílica de
Nuestra Señora del Pilar) is a
Catholic church...
- is a
saint in the
Catholic Church and
Eastern Orthodox Church.
Stylites were
solitaries who,
taking up
their abode upon the tops of a
pillar (stylos)...
-
Egypt and Transjordan,
penitent Simeon Stylites, 4th/5th century, Syria,
pillar saint Sarah of the Desert, 5th century, Egypt, one of the
Desert Mothers, her...
- The
monastery commemorates the "
pillar saint",
Simeon Stylites the
Younger (521–597) and
marks the last of
several pillars atop
which he
lived his life....
- The
shrine is
under the
jurisdiction of the
Diocese of Imus. The
patron saint of the town is
Augustine of
Hippo commonly known as "Tata Usteng". The Holy...
- The
Diocesan Shrine and
Parish of
Saint Mary Magdalene,
commonly known as
Kawit Church, is the
parish church of the muni****lity of Kawit,
Cavite in the...
- Our Lady of the
Pillar (Spanish:
Nuestra Señora del Pilar) is the name
given to the
Blessed Virgin Mary in the
context of the
traditional belief that Mary...
- Cluny. The
pillar is made of a type of
limestone called "pierre de
Saint-Leu-d'Esserent", from
Saint-Leu, Oise, France. The
original pillar would have...
