stylite
n . 修行的人
修行的人
stylite n 1 :
an early Christian ascetic who lived on top of high pillars Stylite \
Sty "
lite \ (
st [
imac ]"
l [
imac ]
t ),
n . [
Gr .
styli `
ths ,
fr .
sty ^
los a pillar .] (
Eccl .
Hist .)
One of a sect of anchorites in the early church ,
who lived on the tops of pillars for the exercise of their patience ; --
called also {
pillarist }
and {
pillar saint }.
[
1913 Webster ]
The two other holy men in Gregory '
s narrative had more exotic origins than the pair that has just been seen .
Gregory encountered one of them when on a journey to the north -
eastern parts of the Frankish kingdom .
This was a Lombard ,
named Vulfolaic ,
who had spent some years in the arduous exercise of being a stylite ,
the Christian equivalent of a flagpole sitter ;
in other words ,
Vulfolaic was a monk whose main austerity consisted in living on top of a pillar .
By carrying out this feat in the rain ,
snow ,
and frost of the Moselle valley ,
Vulfolaic had convinced the local population to overthrow and abandon the idol of Diana to which they were addicted . --
Walter Goffart ,
FOREIGNERS IN THE HISTORIES OF GREGORY OF TOURS (
http ://
www .
arts .
uwo .
ca /
florilegium /
goffart .
html ).
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