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    Saint Simeon Stylites the Younger, also known as Simeon of the Admirable Mountain (Greek: Συμεὼν ὁ νεώτερος ὁ στυλίτης, Arabic: مار سمعان العمودي الأصغر...
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    The Monastery of Saint Simeon Stylites the Younger (Turkish: Aziz Simon manastır) is a former Christian monastery that lies on a hill roughly 29 kilometres...
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    from Simeon Stylites the Younger, Simeon Stylites III, and Symeon Stylites of Lesbos. There exist three major early biographies of Simeon. The first of these...
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  • Saint Martha (Greek: Ἁγία Μάρθα, died 551) was the mother of Simeon Stylites the Younger. She is venerated in the Eastern Orthodox Church on July 4 and...
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  • were left ruins. The monastery of Saint Simeon Stylites the Younger outside of Antioch was also destroyed during the campaign. The Hospitaller fortress...
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    personality was Saint Simeon Stylites, an ascetic who lived for 37 years on pillar close to Aleppo. A monastery was later founded around the column where...
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    followed a similar model to Simeon Stylites, residing on a pillar-like structure similar to a tower. There he isolated himself from the world and fasted, prayed...
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    September 1 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) (category September in the Eastern Orthodox calendar)
    Loukas monastery in Boeotia, Greece. St. Simeon Stylites. Second half of the 16th century, Kostarowce, Historic Museum in Sanok, Poland. Saint Vibiana...
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    April 27 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) (category April in the Eastern Orthodox calendar)
    Monastery of St. Gerasimus (6th century) Saint Simeon Stylites the Younger of Cilicia (597), and his brother George. Saint John of Cathares, Abbot of...
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  • in the monastery of Maro, the Stylite. After his death, John lived the monastic lifestyle. He left Armenia IV for Palestine. He did this because of imperial...
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    Samandağ (category Districts of Hatay Province)
    the 2nd century. The tomb of the Muslim saint Hızır. Vakıflı, the only remaining Armenian village in Turkey. Monastery of Simeon Stylites the Younger...
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    Georgian sources, who was connected with Simeon Stylites the Younger. Per sources he brought to Simeon the relics of the True Cross, later stayed in Syria,...
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    l-Saḥer) Simeon Stylites (Semaan l-Aamoudi) Simeon Stylites the Younger (Semaan l-Aamoudi l-Asghar) Simeon Stylites III (Semaan l-Aamoudi l-Thalith) Simeon the...
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    his own monastery, but ultimately settled in the monastery of Simeon Stylites the Younger on the Wondrous Mountain. In 1084, the Sultanate of Rum conquered...
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  • This is a partial list of canonised Saints in the Eastern Orthodox Church. Some of the Saints below are also venerated in other Christian denominations...
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  • website of the monastery Saint Maron — Sanctuary of Saint Charbel". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 13 February 2020. Saint Charbel...
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    July 4 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) (category July in the Eastern Orthodox calendar)
    mother of Symeon Stylites the Younger, of the Wonderful Mountain (551) Saint Andrew of Crete, Archbishop of Crete, the Jerusalemite (712) Saint Asclepias...
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  • "Saint Simeon Stylites | Biography & Facts | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 2022-06-09. "Saint Benedict | Biography, Rule, Patron Saint Of...
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  • Sigismund of Burgundy Sigizan Silk, Byzantine Silk Road Silver, Byzantine Saint Silvia Simeon I of Bulgaria Simeon Stylites the Younger Simeon Stylites, Church...
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  • Patrologia Graeca (category Articles incorporating a citation from the 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia with Wikisource reference)
    Ephraim of Antioch, Paulus Silentiarius, Patriarch Eutychius of Constantinople, Evagrius Scholasticus, Eulogius of Alexandria, Simeon Stylites the Younger, Patriarch...
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    living in the Monastery of St. Nicetas at Pereyaslavl-Zalessky in Suzdalia. The prince, accompanied by boyars, rode to the town and arrived at the monk's pillar...
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    candidate for the patriarchate and at least obtained the promise of toleration. He died at the monastery of Saint Theodore (Hagiou Theodorou), revered as a confessor...
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    Burgess, Richard W.; Mercier, Raymond (1999). "The Dates of the Martyrdom of Simeon bar Sabba'e and the 'Great Massacre'". Analecta Bollandiana. 117 (1–2):...
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  • Gabriel ibn al-Qilai (category Historians from the Mamluk Sultanate)
    St. Simeon Stylite (375 to each of two half-lines; this is Simeon the Elder, but the author sometimes confused with Symeon the Younger); The spheres (269...
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  • (Sigriano), near Cyzicus on the Asian side of the Sea of Marmara. Later, he built a monastery on his own lands on the island of Calonymus (now Calomio),...
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    saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church. He is most noted for his stand against the sack of Thessalonica by the Normans in 1185, contemporary account of...
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    January 4 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) (category January in the Eastern Orthodox calendar)
    also: January 15) Saint Euthymius the Younger of Thessalonica (Euthymius the New), monk. Venerable Timothy the Stylite (872) Hieromartyr Alexander, Bishop...
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    The principal local saint was Simeon Stylites, who lived an extremely ascetic life atop a pillar for 40 years some 65 kilometres (40 miles) east of Antioch...
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    in the Lives of Saints, confirming a celebration date in the Orthodox calendar and building churches and monasteries holding his name. The office of canonization...
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    Joannes Zonaras (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference)
    held the offices of head justice and private secretary (protasēkrētis) to the emperor, but after Alexios' death, he retired to the monastery on the Island...
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