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Translation of Saeulenheiliger

Hello group,
what would be a good English translation of the German word Säulenheiliger?

Thanks a lot
  

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[/nq] Oxford-Duden yields: Saeulenheilige (der): stylite. Just as a "Saeulenheilige" is a saint sitting on a column or a pillar, so a "stylite" is an ascetic living on a pillar (from the Greek stulites There were several famous ones. The Syrian column-saint St.

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  • [/nq] Oxford-Duden yields: Saeulenheilige (der): stylite.
  • Just as a "Saeulenheilige" is a saint sitting on a column or a pillar, so a "stylite" is an ascetic living on a pillar (from the Greek stulites There were several famous ones.
  • The Syrian column-saint St.
  • Symeon Stylites was the model for the Lombard Wulfolaic, who imagined that by erecting his column near that of Diana he could convert the people near Trier.
  • The bishops near-by tore down his column, because they considered him too obscure to follow in the steps of St.
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[nq:1]Hello group, what would be a good English translation of the German word Säulenheiliger?[/nq]
Oxford-Duden yields:
Saeulenheilige (der): stylite.
Just as a "Saeulenheilige" is a saint sitting on a column or a pillar, so a "stylite" is an ascetic living on a pillar (from the Greek stulites There were several famous ones. The Syrian column-saint St. Symeon Stylites was the model fo
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[nq:1]There were also dendrites, who stayed in trees instead of pillars.[/nq]
I hope I'll be forgiven for axon why you said that.

Bob Lieblich
Inquiring mind
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[nq:2]There were also dendrites, who stayed in trees instead of pillars.[/nq]
[nq:1]I hope I'll be forgiven for axon why you said that.[/nq]
I wouldn't have the nerve to ask such a question.

wrmst rgrds
Robin Bignall
Quiet part of Hertfordshire
England
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[nq:2] I hope I'll be forgiven for axon why you said that.[/nq]
[nq:1]I wouldn't have the nerve to ask such a question.[/nq]
Are y'all going to keep this up until our patience just synapse?

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