Luke Stylites
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Lukas Stylites (* 879 in Attia, Phrygia ; † 979 near Chalcedon ) was a Byzantine monk who led a hermit life as a stylite ("pillar saint"). He is a saint of the Greek Orthodox Church . His feast day is December 11th .
Life
In 879 Lukas was born in a well-to-do family in Phrygia , where he lived in his father's house. As a stratiot he fought u. a. against the invasion of the Bulgarians under the leadership of Tsar Simeon I into the Byzantine Empire .
He then became a monk in the Kyminas Monastery on Mount Olympos in Bithynia . Later he left the monastery to live as a hermit on a pillar in the wilderness. At the request of the bishop, he moved his stay near the imperial capital Constantinople , where for forty years he became a spiritual guide for many people seeking advice .
swell
- François Vanderstuyf (Ed.): La vie de saint Luc le Stylite (879-979) (= Patrologia Orientalis Vol. 11, 2). Paris 1915 (reprinted by Brepol, Turnhout 1974) (Greek with French translation).
literature
- Albert Vogt : Vie de S. Luc le stylite. In: Analecta Bollandiana 28, 1909, pp. 5-56.
- Ekkart Sauser: Lukas Stylites. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 23, Bautz, Nordhausen 2004, ISBN 3-88309-155-3 , Sp. 934–.
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| SURNAME | Luke Stylites |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Saint of the Greek Orthodox Church |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 879 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Attia, Phrygia |
| DATE OF DEATH | 979 |
| Place of death | at Chalcedon |