num_pages: 244
description: In the flood of christian ascetics who left the world to seek God alone, Simeon chose a novel withdrawal. He mounted a pillar and remained there the rest of his life. To him came supplicants with all kinds of problems: personal anguish, sickness and pain, infertility, sin, and social transgression. Public issues were mediated at his shrine and slaves manumitted. Three views of the Stylite in three lives.
language: English
title: The Lives Of Simeon Stylites: Lives of Simeon Stylites (Volume 112)
titlecomplete: The Lives Of Simeon Stylites: Lives of Simeon Stylites (Volume 112) (Cistercian Studies Series)
genres: Religion
ratings_count: 18
publisher: Liturgical Press