RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Simeon Stylites

389 - 459

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Simeon Stylites or Symeon the Stylite (Greek: Συμεών ό Στυλίτης; Syriac: ܫܡܥܘܢ ܕܐܣܛܘܢܐ, romanized: Šimʕun dʼAstˁonā; Arabic: سمعان العمودي, romanized: Simʿān al-ʿAmūdī c. 390 – 2 September 459) was a Syrian Christian ascetic, who achieved notability by living 36 years on a small platform on top of a pillar near Aleppo (in modern Syria). Several other stylites later followed his model (the Greek word style means "pillar"). Simeon is venerated as a saint by the Eastern Catholic Churches, Oriental Orthodox Churches, Eastern Orthodox Church, and Roman Catholic Church. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Simeon Stylites has received more than 1,062,725 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia. Simeon Stylites is the 383rd most popular religious figure (down from 344th in 2019), the 132nd most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 136th in 2019) and the 19th most popular Turkish Religious Figure.

Simeon Stylites is most famous for living on top of a pillar for 37 years.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 37

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.18

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.35

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Simeon Stylites ranks 383 out of 3,187. Before him are Pope Martin I, Pope Fabian, Abu Mansur al-Maturidi, Matteo Ricci, Pope Zachary, and Ruqayyah bint Muhammad. After him are Pope Hormisdas, Pope Boniface VI, Pope Benedict II, John Vianney, Pope Nicholas III, and Pope Benedict VI.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 389, Simeon Stylites ranks 2. Before him is Gaiseric.  Among people deceased in 459, Simeon Stylites ranks 1. After him are Hormizd III, and Framta.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Simeon Stylites ranks 132 out of 1,347. Before him are Constans II (630), Andronikos II Palaiologos (1259), Manuel II Palaiologos (1350), Isaac II Angelos (1155), Abdullah Gül (1950), and Stilicho (359). After him are John VIII Palaiologos (1392), Apelles (-370), Arrian (89), Maurice (539), Proclus (412), and Fethullah Gülen (1941).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Türkiye

Among religious figures born in Türkiye, Simeon Stylites ranks 19. Before him are Irenaeus (130), Bartholomew I of Constantinople (1940), Gregory of Nyssa (335), Photios I of Constantinople (900), Sabbatai Zevi (1626), and Parascheva of the Balkans (1000). After him are Fethullah Gülen (1941), Saint Nino (296), Thecla (100), Marcion of Sinope (85), Pope John V (635), and Pope John VI (655).

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