
Simeon Stylites, end of 6th century
Gilded silver
Height: 26.9 cm; width: 25.5 cm
Louvre museum, Paris, France
Simeon Stylites was a Syriac ascetic saint who achieved notability for living 37 years on a small platform on top of a pillar near Aleppo. The Greek word style means “pillar”. He is known formally as Simeon Stylites the Elder…
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