Stylite
Definition of Stylite
Sty´lite
Pronunciation:
stī´līt
n.
1.
(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
.
The
two
other
holy
men
in
Gregory
'
s
narrative
had
more
exotic
origins
than
the
pair
that
has
just
been
seen
.
Gregory
encountered
one
of
them
when
on
a
journey
to
the
north-eastern
parts
of
the
Frankish
kingdom
.
This
was
a
Lombard
,
named
Vulfolaic
,
who
had
spent
some
years
in
the
arduous
exercise
of
being
a
stylite
,
the
Christian
equivalent
of
a
flagpole
sitter
;
in
other
words
,
Vulfolaic
was
a
monk
whose
main
austerity
consisted
in
living
on
top
of
a
pillar
.
By
carrying
out
this
feat
in
the
rain
,
snow
,
and
frost
of
the
Moselle
valley
,
Vulfolaic
had
convinced
the
local
population
to
overthrow
and
abandon
the
idol
of
Diana
to
which
they
were
addicted
.
- Walter Goffart, FOREIGNERS IN THE HISTORIES OF GREGORY OF TOURS (http://www.arts.uwo.ca/florilegium/goffart.html).
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