PILLAR-SAINTS

PILLAR-SAINTS
   a class of recluses, called Stylites, who, in early Christian times, retired from the world to the Syrian Desert, and, perched on pillars, used to spend days and nights in fasting and praying, in the frantic belief that by mortification of their bodies they would ensure the salvation of their souls; their founder was Simon, surnamed Stylites; the practice, which was never allowed in the West, continued down to the 12th century.

The Nuttall Encyclopaedia. . 1907.

Игры ⚽ Поможем сделать НИР

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Our Lady of the Pillar — A series of articles on Roman Catholic Mariology …   Wikipedia

  • Basilica of Our Lady of the Pillar — Coordinates: 41°39′25″N 0°52′42″W / 41.65694°N 0.87833°W / 41.65694; 0.87833 …   Wikipedia

  • List of saints — This article is about Christian saints after 450 AD. For Christian saints before this time, see List of early Christian saints. For a list of venerated persons in Mahayana Buddhism, see List of bodhisattvas. This is an incomplete list of… …   Wikipedia

  • Coptic saints — Part of the series on Copts Culture …   Wikipedia

  • Stylites — (from Greek stylos , pillar ) or Pillar Saints are a type of Christian ascetic who in the early days of the Byzantine Empire stood on pillars preaching, fasting and praying. They believed that the mortification of their bodies would help ensure… …   Wikipedia

  • Stylites — • 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. This practice may be regarded as the climax of a tendency… …   Catholic encyclopedia

  • St. Simeon Stylites the Younger —     St. Simeon Stylites the Younger     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► St. Simeon Stylites the Younger     Born at Antioch in 521, died at the same place 24 May, 597. His father was a native of Edessa, his mother, named Martha was afterwards revered… …   Catholic encyclopedia

  • Simeon Stylites the Younger — Saint Simeon Stylites the Younger (521 May 24, 597) is a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church. Born at Antioch, his father was a native of Edessa, his mother, named Martha was afterwards revered as a saint and a life of her, which incorporates a… …   Wikipedia

  • Monasticism — • The act of dwelling alone (Greek monos, monazein, monachos), has come to denote the mode of life pertaining to persons living in seclusion from the world, under religious vows and subject to a fixed rule, as monks, friars, nuns, or in general… …   Catholic encyclopedia

  • SIMEON STYLITES —    famous as one of the PILLAR SAINTS (q.v.) …   The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”