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Simeon Stylites

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Simeon Stylites or Symeon the Stylite (Greek: Συμεών ό Στυλίτης; Syriac: ܫܡܥܘܢ ܕܐܣܛܘܢܐ, romanized: Šimʕun dʼAstˁonā; Arabic: سمعان العمودي, romanized: Simʿān al-ʿAmūdī c. 390 – 2 September 459) was a Syrian Christian ascetic, who achieved notability by living 36 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"). Simeon is venerated as a saint by the Eastern Catholic Churches, Oriental Orthodox Churches, Eastern Orthodox Church, and Roman Catholic Church. He is known formally as Simeon Stylites the Elder to distinguish him from Simeon Stylites the Younger, Simeon Stylites III and Symeon Stylites of Lesbos. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Simeon Stylites is the 525th most popular religious figure (down from 383rd in 2019), the 214th most popular biography from Türkiye (down from 141st in 2019) and the 35th most popular Turkish Religious Figure.

Simeon Stylites is most famous for living on top of a pillar for 37 years.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Simeon Stylites ranks 525 out of 3,187. Before him are Kashyapa, James, son of Alphaeus, Umm Salama, Angelo Sodano, Pope Leo VI, and 13th Dalai Lama. After him are Rabbi Akiva, Adalbert of Prague, Pope John VI, Talhah, Suger, and Anastasia of Sirmium.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 389, Simeon Stylites ranks 2. Before him is Gaiseric.  Among people deceased in 459, Simeon Stylites ranks 1. After him are Hormizd III, and Framta.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Simeon Stylites ranks 214 out of 1,347. Before him are Pulcheria (399), Thābit ibn Qurra (836), Hecuba (null), Romanos II (938), Anthemius (420), and Michael I Rangabe (770). After him are Pope John VI (655), Mehmet Ali Ağca (1958), Theodore I Laskaris (1174), Dorothea of Caesarea (279), Michael II (770), and Dragut (1485).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Türkiye

Among religious figures born in Türkiye, Simeon Stylites ranks 35. Before him are Theodore of Amasea (300), Marcion of Sinope (85), Clement of Ohrid (840), Sabbatai Zevi (1626), Gregory Palamas (1296), and Basilios Bessarion (1403). After him are Pope John VI (655), Dorothea of Caesarea (279), Parascheva of the Balkans (1000), Sabbas the Sanctified (439), Laban (-1900), and Pancras of Rome (289).

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