Simeon Stylites the Younger
Saint Simeon Stylites the Younger | |
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Born | 521 Antioch (modern-day Antakya, Hatay, Turkey) |
Died | 24 May 596 or 597 |
Venerated in | Catholic Church and Eastern Orthodox Church |
Saint Simeon
Life
Stylites were solitaries who, taking up their abode upon the tops of a pillar (stylos), chose to spend their days amid the restraints thus entailed and in the exercise of other forms of asceticism.[1]
Simeon was born at
Like his
After John's death Simeon gave full rein to his ascetical practices. From the rising of the sun until mid-afternoon he read books and copied Holy Scripture.[3] Simeon the younger was ordained priest and was thus able to offer the Holy Sacrifice in memory of his mother. On such occasions his disciples one after another climbed up the ladder to receive Communion at his hands. As in the case of most of the other pillar saints a large number of miracles were believed to have been worked by Simeon the Younger. In several instances the cure was effected by pictures representing him. Evagrius was an eyewitness to many marvels, and says that he had experienced himself Simeon's knowledge of the thoughts of others when he visited him for spiritual advice.[4] Simeon maintained this kind of life for 68 years. Towards the close of his life the saint occupied a column upon a mountainside near Antioch called the "Hill of Wonders" (due to his miracles), also known as the "Wondrous Mountain" or the "Admirable Mountain"; this mountain is known today as Saman Dağı and is located near the town of Samandağ, Turkey.[5] It was here that he died in 596.[1]
Besides the letter mentioned, several writings are attributed to the younger Simeon. There is also an "Apocalypse" and letters to the
Veneration
The
The Wellcome Collection has a tempera on wood painting by an unknown artist of Saint Simeon Stylites the Younger.[7]
St. Simeon of the Wonderful Mountain Church, a Russian Orthodox church in Dresden, Germany, is named after him.
See also
References
- ^ a b Thurston, Herbert. "Stylites (Pillar Saints)." The Catholic Encyclopedia Vol. 14. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1912. 9 December 2021 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ a b c Thurston, Herbert. "St. Simeon Stylites the Younger." The Catholic Encyclopedia Vol. 13. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1912. 9 December 2021 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ a b c "Venerable Simeon Stylites the Younger of Wonderful Mountain", Orthodox Church in America
- ^ Butler, Alban. "Saint Simeon Stylites, the Younger". Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints 1866. CatholicSaints.Info. 27 August 2014 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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- ^ Monks of Ramsgate. "Simeon Stylites the Younger". Book of Saints 1921. CatholicSaints.Info. 2 September 2016 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ "Saint Simeon Stylites the Younger", Wellcome Collection
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "St. Simeon Stylites the Younger". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.