St. Simeon Stylites was a Syrian hermit who lived for 30 years atop a 60-ft. column, preaching to his disciples. Last week in California another St. Simeon perched atop a column. From San Simeon ...

Clearly they weren’t a problem for Syrian Christian Saint Simeon Stylites the Elder, who spent around 37 years living on top of a pillar. Born in around AD390, Simeon entered a monastic ...