- στυλίτης (stylitēs) "
pillar dweller",
derived from στῦλος (stȳlos) "
pillar" and
classical Syriac: ܐܣܛܘܢܝܐ (astˁonāyā)) or
pillar-
saint is a type of Christian...
-
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...
- Nelson's
Pillar (also
known as the
Nelson Pillar or
simply the
Pillar) was a
large granite column capped by a
statue of
Horatio Nelson,
built in the centre...
- Herbert. "Stylites (
Pillar Saints)." The
Catholic Encyclopedia Vol. 14. New York:
Robert Appleton Company, 1912. 3
August 2018 "
Saint Alipios the Stylite"...
-
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...
- 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...
- Hispania. She
appeared upon a
pillar, and that
pillar is
conserved and
venerated within the
present Basilica of Our Lady of the
Pillar, in Zaragoza, Spain. Following...
- A
pillar box is a type of free-standing post box. They are
found in the
United Kingdom and its ****ociated the
Crown Dependencies and
British Overseas Territories...
- the net. From the base of the blue (Azure)
sinister side, a
Corinthian pillar rises. It is
surmounted by the
white (Argent)
monogram of the
Blessed Virgin...
