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Syrian Christian ascetic (c. 390 – 459)

For other people named Simeon Stylites, see Simeon Stylites (disambiguation).

"St. Simeon Stylites" redirects here. For the narrative poem by Alfred Tennyson, see St. Simeon Stylites (poem).

Simeon Stylites or Symeon the Stylite^{[n 1]} (Greek: Συμεών ό Στυλίτης; Syriac: ܫܡܥܘܢ ܕܐܣܛܘܢܐ, romanized: Šimʕun dʼAstˁonā; Arabic: سمعان العمودي, romanized: Simʿān al-ʿAmūdīc. 390 – 2 September 459) was a SyrianChristian ascetic, who achieved notability by living 36 years on a small platform on top of a pillar near Aleppo (in modern Syria). Several other stylites later followed his model (the Greek word style means "pillar"). Simeon is venerated as a saint by the Eastern Catholic Churches, Oriental Orthodox Churches, Eastern Orthodox Church, and Roman Catholic Church. He is known formally as Simeon Stylites the Elder to distinguish him from Simeon Stylites the Younger, Simeon Sty Biography of isaac.