- στυλίτης (stylitēs) '
pillar dweller',
derived from στῦλος (stȳlos) '
pillar' and
classical Syriac: ܐܣܛܘܢܝܐ (ʼasṯonáyé)) or
pillar-
saint is a type of Christian...
-
platform on top of a
pillar near
Aleppo (in
modern Syria).
Several other stylites later followed his
model (the Gr**** word
style means "
pillar").
Simeon is venerated...
- The
Diocesan Shrine and
Parish of the Our Lady of the
Pillar - Imus Cathedral,
commonly known as the Imus Cathedral, is a
Roman Catholic cathedral church...
-
Basilica of Our Lady of the
Pillar (Buenos Aires) for the
church in
Buenos Aires The Cathedral-Basilica of Our Lady of the
Pillar (Spanish: Catedral-Basílica...
-
north to south: the
Master Pillar, the
Journeyman Pillar and, most famously, the
Apprentice Pillar.
These names for the
pillars date from the late Georgian...
-
Egypt and Transjordan,
penitent Simeon Stylites, 4th/5th century, Syria,
pillar saint Sarah of the Desert, 5th century, Egypt, one of the
Desert Mothers, her...
- Hispania. She
appeared upon a
pillar, and that
pillar is
conserved and
venerated within the
present Basilica of Our Lady of the
Pillar, in Zaragoza, Spain. Following...
- can also be seen in the
walls and
pillars of the church. The
retablo has
three levels of
niches for
images of
saints.
Unlike the
elegant rose-colored ceiling...
- The
Diocesan Shrine and
Parish of
Saint Mary Magdalene, also
known as
Kawit Church is the
parish church of the muni****lity of Kawit,
Cavite in the Philippines...
- is a
saint in the
Catholic Church and
Eastern Orthodox Church.
Stylites were
solitaries who,
taking up
their abode upon the tops of a
pillar (stylos)...