Saint Symeon Stylites of Lesbos
Byzantine monk, ascetic, opponent of iconoclasm, saint
Feast: 1 February (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Saint Symeon Stylites of Lesbos (765/766–844) was a monk who survived two attempts on his life during the second period of Byzantine Iconoclasm (814–842). He followed a similar model to Simeon Stylites, residing on a pillar-like structure similar to a tower. There he isolated himself from the world and fasted, prayed and studied. In the Eastern Orthodox Church he is venerated as a saint, along with his two brothers: Saint George the Archbishop of Mytilene and Saint David the Monk.
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The miracles
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Why that counted as sanctity
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Connected on this site
- Simeon Stylites Saint“He is known formally as Simeon Stylites the Elder to distinguish him from Simeon Stylites the Younger, Simeon Stylites III and Symeon Stylites of Lesbos.” — Wikipedia
- Wikidata Q17401675 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Symeon Stylites of Lesbos (CC BY-SA)
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