Simeon Stylites, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Simeon Stylites

Christian ascetic saint

Date of Birth: 01-Jan-0001

Place of Birth: Kozan, Turkey

Date of Death: 02-Sep-0459

Profession: stylite, monk

Nationality: Syria

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Saint Simeon Stylites or Symeon the Stylite (Classical Syriac: ????? ???????? šam?un das?onáyá, Koine Greek S?µe?? ? st???t?? Symeón o Stylítis, Arabic: ????? ???????? Sim?an al-?Amudi) (c.
390? – 2 September 459) was a Syriac ascetic saint who achieved notability for living 37 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").
He is known formally as Saint Simeon Stylites the Elder to distinguish him from Simeon Stylites the Younger, Simeon Stylites III, and Saint Symeon Stylites of Lesbos.