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Venerable (Monastic) · 6th century
Venerable Simeon Stylites the Younger of the Wonderful Mountain
Also known as Simeon of the Wonderful Mountain
An ascetic of Antioch who from childhood mounted the pillar and gave his life to prayer and fasting on the Wonderful Mountain, receiving great gifts of healing and prophecy; son of St Martha (OS-0094).
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Notes
Distinct from St Simeon Stylites the Elder (Sep 1).
Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Lives of the Saints