Stylite
41Joshua the Stylite — Monk from Edessa (q.v.) who wrote a chronicle (q.v.) in Syriac covering the years 495 506. The original has not survived, except perhaps in an anonymous chronicle (extending to the year 775) with the attached pseudonym of Dionysios of Tell… …
42Joshua the Stylite — ▪ Christian monk flourished 6th century AD monk of the convent of Zuknin and the reputed author of a chronicle covering mainly the period 495–506. Incorporated in a history that some have ascribed to Dionysius Telmaharensis but others… …
43pillar saint — Stylite Sty lite, n. [Gr. ?, fr. ? a pillar.] (Eccl. Hist.) One of a sect of anchorites in the early church, who lived on the tops of pillars for the exercise of their patience; called also {pillarist} and {pillar saint}. [1913 Webster] …
44pillarist — Stylite Sty lite, n. [Gr. ?, fr. ? a pillar.] (Eccl. Hist.) One of a sect of anchorites in the early church, who lived on the tops of pillars for the exercise of their patience; called also {pillarist} and {pillar saint}. [1913 Webster] …
45Verina — Aelia Verina (died 484) was the Empress consort of Leo I of the Byzantine Empire. She was a sister of Basiliscus. Her daughter Ariadne was Empress consort of first Zeno and then Anastasius I. Verina was the maternal grandmother of Leo II.… …
46Stylites — (from Greek stylos , pillar ) or Pillar Saints are a type of Christian ascetic who in the early days of the Byzantine Empire stood on pillars preaching, fasting and praying. They believed that the mortification of their bodies would help ensure… …
47ДАНИИЛ СТОЛПНИК — [греч. Δανιὴλ ὁ Στυλίτης] (409 493), прп. (пам. 11 дек.). В соответствии с 1 й редакцией Жития (BHG, N 489) Д. С. род. в дер. Мерафа (в др. источниках, Марафа, Мифара или Вифара) близ г. Самосата в Сирии (ныне г. Самсат на юго востоке Турции).… …
48Jacques d'Édesse — (en syriaque Ya quv Urhoyo), né vers 633 ou peu après[1] dans le village de Aïn Dibha (« la source du loup »), non loin d Antioche[2], mort le 5 juin 708 au monastère de Teleda (Tell Adda), à 50 km à l ouest d Alep, est l un des… …
49Simeon Stylites — Infobox Saint name=Saint Simeon Stylites birth date=c. 390 death date=2 September 459 feast day=1 September (Eastern Orthodox Church) 29 Pashons (Coptic Orthodox Church) 5 January (Western Christianity) venerated in=Oriental Orthodox Church… …
50Roman–Persian Wars — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Roman ndash;Persian Wars partof= date=92 BC ndash; 627 AD place=Mesopotamia, Transcaucasus, Atropatene, Asia Minor, Syria, Palestine, Egypt result=Status quo ante bellum territory=Roman acquisition of upper… …
