Stylite · 7th century
Venerable Alypius the Stylite
Also known as Alypius of Adrianopolis
Raised by a widowed Christian mother and educated by a bishop, he became a pillar-dwelling ascetic, spending decades in prayer and spiritual counsel.
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Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Lives of the Saints