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Dictionary definition: Simeon Stylites, St
A Dictionary of World Mythology;      398 words ...Simeon Stylites, St West Asia The ferocious individualism ... the elements. Legend recounts that St Simeon was feeding worms on self-inflicted ... eastern Mediterranean. The fame of St Simeon Stylites was spread as far afield as Gaul and ...

Dictionary definition: Simeon Stylites
The Oxford Dictionary of Saints;      700+ words ...Simeon Stylites (390–459), hermit. He was the first and most famous ... Greek and Syriac Lives in H. Lietzmann , Das Leben des heiligen Simeon Stylites (1908), for which see P. Peeters , ‘S. Symé ...

Article: The Lives of Simeon Stylites
The Catholic Historical Review;  October 1, 1997 ;     565 words ...The Lives of Simeon Stylites. Translated with an Introduction by Robert Doran. [Cistercian ... 1992. Pp. iv, 241. $36.95 cloth; $15.95 paperback.) Simeon Stylites was one of the most famous and exotic of the Syrian ascetics ...

Encyclopedia entry: Saint Simeon Stylites
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition;      349 words ...Saint Simeon Stylites [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.

Article: The Lives of Simeon Stylites.(Brief Article)
Theological Studies;  September 1, 1993 ;     581 words ...A collection of three different lives about one of the most well-known, controversial, and questionable ascetics of all times, the anchorite Simeon the Stylite (+459). The first was written by Theodoret of Cyrrhus in 444, while Simeon was still alive; the next by Simeon's disciple, Antonius (date

Article: St. Simeon's to upgrade assisted-living facilities: ...
Tulsa World (Tulsa, OK);  April 14, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... George Dotson's mother lived at St. Simeon's Episcopal Home, and that is when ... generation," said the longtime member of St. Simeon's Board of Directors and chairman of ... deliveries and emergency crews. On Friday, St. Simeon's launched the public phase of its ...

Article: Jetcom Enters Into Option Agreement to Acquire St. ...
Canadian Corporate News;  March 12, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... north of Quebec City referred to as the St. Simeon Uranium Property (the Property ). The ... connecting Chicoutimi (Saguenay) to St-Simeon. A 750KeV electric power line crosses ... of radioactivity were detected in the St. Simeon area in 1903 and explored by various ...