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Do we "know" why this type of behavior appealed to
anyone - specifically, why it was considered "holy" or
spiritually fruitful? I understand the value of
preaching - but why live on top of a column?
MG

>In 460 he erected a column in Anaplus (north of
> Constantinople) and spent the
> last 33 years of his life on top of it.  He was
> famous as a preacher and
> spiritual advisor---even the empress and several
> patriarchs sought him out
> for advice.
>
> Tassilo III of Bavaria (d. c. 800)  Tassilo was born
> in c. 730, and from
> 748 was duke of Bavaria.  He was one of the  most
> important promoters of
> the Church in Carinthia and the South Tyrol; he
> founded and renewed
> numerous monasteries and organized the Church
> organization of the region.
> Tassilo's most important monastic foundations were
> Kremsmunster and
> Wessobrunn.  In 788 Charlemagne condemned Tassilo to
> death for refusing to
> support the Frankish army, but reduced the sentence
> to lifetime monastic
> imprisonment.  From 784 on, Tassilo lived in the
> monastery of Lorsch in
> Hesse.
>
> Lukas Stylites (of Chalcedon) (d. 979)  Lukas was
> born in c. 880 in
> Phrygia.  After a time as a soldier, he became an
> ascetic; after being
> consecrated as a priest, Lukas first spent several
> years in a monastery.
> On the feast day of Daniel Stylites (today) in 935,
> though, Lukas climbed a
> column near Chalcedon, remaining on it 44 years
> until his death.  He won
> great popular acclaim for his gift of miracles and
> wisdom.
>
> Ida of Nivelles (blessed) (d. 1231)  Ida was born in
> c. 1190 in Nivelles
> (Belgium).  At the age of 16 she entered the
> Cistercian nunnery of Kerkheim
> near Lowen, later moving to another convent.  Her
> life was filled with
> visions and ecstasies, and was credited with
> numerous miracles in her
> lifetime.  She is most frequently depicted in art
> either with the Christ
> child, or lying on a sickbed.
>
> Wilbirg (d. 1289)  (I suspect not formally
> canonized, but am not sure)
> Wilbirg (Wilburg) was born in Austria in c. 1230.
> Her parents died while
> she was young, leaving Wilbirg destitute and ill.
> Despite this, at the age
> of 17 Wilbirg undertook a pilgrimage to
> Santiago---where she was
> miraculously healed.  In 1248 Wilbirg became a
> recluse attached to the
> church of St. Florian near Linz, where she lived for
> the remaining forty
> years of her life.  She was a noted spiritual
> advisor, and was famed for
> her humility, ascetic practices, and mystical
> experiences.  One of her
> disciples wrote her vita.
>
> Franco Lippi (blessed) (d. 1291)  Franco of Senis
> was from the region of
> Siena.  He had a dissolute youth and his lawlessness
> led to time in prison.
> As he grew older, though, he went blind, went on a
> pilgrimage to Santiago,
> and recovered his vision.  Thereupon Franco repented
> his evil ways and
> entered the Carmelite order as a laybrother.  He
> spent the last years of
> his life in penitence and self-abnegation.  His cult
> won formal approval in
> 1308 and 1670.
>
> Hieronymus Ranuzzi (blessed) (d. 1455)  Hieronymus
> was born in c. 1390 in
> Sant'Angelo in Vado (Italy) and entered the Servite
> order at a young age.
> He held various offices in the order, but was mostly
> concerned with
> pastoral care.  He was also one of the most
> significant devotees of the
> Virgin Mary of his time.  In the last years of his
> life, Hieronymus lived
> in solitude.  He was beatified in 1775.
>
> Dr. Phyllis G. Jestice
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>
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