Palladius of Galatia tells of Elpidius, a hermit from Cappadocia who dwelt in a mountaintop cave outside of Jericho for twenty-five years until his death, eating only on Saturdays and Sundays and standing up … See more

• In Herman Melville's Moby-Dick the narrator calls St. Stylites a "dauntless stander-of-mast-heads" who "literally died at his post".
• In Mark Twain's A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, the title character encounters a stylite … See more

In 423 Simeon Stylites the Elder took up his abode on the top of a pillar. Critics have recalled a passage in Lucian (De Syria Dea, chapters 28 and 29) which speaks of a high … See more

Daniel the Stylite (c. 409-493) lived on his pillar for 33 years after being blessed by and receiving the cowl of St. Simeon the Stylite See more

• The Vertigo stunt performed by David Blaine on 22 March 2002 was in part inspired by the Pillar-Saints, as he declared in the TV documentary about this stunt. See more

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• This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Stylites (Pillar Saints)". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert … See more