Word: theodoret
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First and most famed of the "Pillar Hermits" was St. Simeon Stylites (390-459 A. D.). According to Theodoret, a contemporary historian. Simeon was ejected from a monastery for practicing extreme austerities, took up his abode atop a 9-ft. pillar, made higher & higher pillars until he was finally ensconced on top of a 60-ft. column on which he lived for 36 years without once descending. The holy man hauled his food up with a rope, or it was carried up a ladder by his disciples, who founded monasteries nearby. Twentieth Century French diggers in Syria explored the great...
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