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Simeon the Stylite - ܫܡܥܘܢ ܐܣܛܘܢܝܐ

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"Saint. Born in the village of Sisa near Nicopolis, Shemʿun was the child of Christian parents."1

Names

  • ܫܡܥܘܢ ܐܣܛܘܢܝܐ
  • Simeon the Stylite
  • ܫܡܥܘܢ ܕܐܣܛܘܢܗ6
  • ܫܡܥܘܢ ܕܐܣܛܘܢܗ4
  • ܫܶܡܥܘܢ ܕܐܶܣܛܽܘܢܶܗ4
  • سمعان العمودي3
  • Šemʾōn d-ʾEsṭōnēh6
  • Shemun the Stylite
  • Shemʿun d-Esṭōunēh
  • Shem‘un the Stylite
  • Simeon the Stylite1
  • SIMÉON LE STYLITE7
  • Simon the Stylite
  • Symeon the Stylite
  • Syméon le Stylite6
  • Šemʿôn der Stylite13
  • Shemʿun the Stylite1
  • Simon the Stylite2

Birth

ca. 380

Death

459

Sex

male7

Event

The saint is venerated on 1 September. 7

Notes

"Saint. Born in the village of Sisa near Nicopolis, Shemʿun was the child of Christian parents."1 In hagiography: Simeon the Stylite was a shepherd who became a monk. He lived first in a cistern, but then later he built a column on which he lived at Telanesios. His pillar and extreme asceticism attracted pilgrims and converts.
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Works Cited

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  • 1 R. Doran, Shemʿun the Stylite, in The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage, ed. Sebastian P. Brock et al. (Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press, 2011), p: 377-378. Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 2 Ignatius Aphram Barsoum, The Scattered Pearls: A History of Syriac Literature and Sciences, trans. Matti Moosa, 2nd revised (Piscataway, New Jersey: Gorgias Press, 2003), p: 170. Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 3 Ignatius Afram Barsoum and اغناطيوس افرام الاول برصوم, كتاب اللؤلؤ المنثور في تاريخ العلوم والأداب السريانية, الطبعة الرابعة4th ed. (Holland: مطبعة ابن العبري بدير مار افرام السريانيBar Hebraeus Verlag, 1987), p: 148. Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 4 Ignatius Afram Barsoum and ܕܒܝܬ ܒܪܨܘܡܐܝܓܢܐܛܝܘܣ ܐܦܪܝܡ ܩܕܡܝܐ, ܒܪ̈ܘܠܐ ܒܕܝܪ̈ܐ ܕܥܠ ܡܪܕܘܬ ܝܘܠܦܢ̈ܐ ܣܘܪ̈ܝܝܐ ܗܕܝܪ̈ܐ, trans. Philoxenos Yuḥanon Dolabani and ܕܘܠܒܐܢܝܦܝܠܠܘܟܣܝܢܘܣ ܝܘܚܢܢ, ܚܬܳܡܳܐ ܬܪܰܝܳܢܳܐ2nd ed. (Holland: ܡܛܒܥܬܐ ܣܘܪܝܝܬܐ ܕܒܪ ܥܒܪܝܐBar Hebraeus Verlag, 1991), p: 169. Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 5 Sergey Minov, ed., A Comprehensive Bibliography on Syriac Christianity (The Center for the Study of Christianity, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2013), entry: Simeon the Stylite