Saint Simeon Stylites, Symeon the Stylite or Saint Simeon Stylites the Elder, c. 390? – 459. Syriac ascetic saint who achieved notability for living 37 years on a small platform on top of a pillar near Aleppo (modern day Syria). From The Book of Saints and Heroes, published 1912.Image #: 12576794 See More From: Hilary Jane Morgan