Stylite

Connected Sites: 4

A stylite is a type of Christian ascetic who lives on pillars, preaching, fasting and praying. Stylites were common in the early days of the Byzantine Empire.

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Connected Sites

Um er-Rasas
Um er-Rasas
Jordan
Inscribed: 2004
2.73
134
9
Meteora
Meteora
Greece
Inscribed: 1988
4.20
305
10
Ancient villages of Northern Syria
Ancient villages of Northern Syria
Syria
Inscribed: 2011
3.09
37
2
Church Of Saint Simeon Stylites
Xanthos-Letoon
Xanthos-Letoon
Turkiye
Inscribed: 1988
2.68
91
7
"The Space Inside The Tomb Was Later Occupied By An Early Christian Hermit. Fellows Noted That The Backs Of The Reliefs Still Bore The Remains Of The Hermit's Religious Paintings And Monograms. Fellows Speculates That This Man Was A Disciple Of Simeon Stylites (390–459 Ad), One Of The Eponymously Named Christian Ascetics Known As Stylites, Who Lived On The Top Of Tall Columns." (Wiki On Harpy Tomb), "... Becoming A Bastion Of Christianity Where Strange Byzantine Ascetics Known As ‘Pillar-Saints’ Moved Into The Old Pagan Tombs." (See Link)
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