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• Saint Simeon Stylites - Simeon Stylites, Saint Simeon Stylites, Saint [Gr.,= of a pillar], d. 459?, Syrian hermit. He lived ...
• Stylites - Stylites or Pillar Saints. By far the most celebrated are Simeon the Stylite of Syria, and Daniel ...
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