Profile
Simeon was a son of a poor shepherd, and worked as a shepherd as a child. A would-be monk at age 13, he was turned away from monasteries because of his severe self-imposed penances. Tired of the gossip and arguments from fellow religious, he lived as a hermit on top of a column, occasionally preaching to those who gathered to watch and pray with him. He started a movement of pillar-living among Eastern hermits.
Born
c.390 at Cilicia, near Syria
Died
c.459 of natural causes
Canonized
Pre-Congregation
Patronage
shepherds
Source: https://catholicsaints.info/saint-simeon-stylites/
