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by Robert Doran (Translator), Susan Ashbrook Harvey (Foreword by)
In the flood of christian ascetics who left the world to seek God alone, Simeon chose a novel withdrawal. He mounted a pillar and remained there the rest of his life. To him came supplicants with all kinds of problems: personal anguish, sickness and pain, infertility, sin, and social transgression. Public issues were mediated at his shrine and slaves manumitted. Three views of the Stylite in three lives.
Number of Pages: 248
Dimensions: 0.56 x 8.56 x 6.38 IN
Illustrated: Yes
Publication Date: May 01, 1992
