# stylite

> form of Christian ascetic that had the peculiarity of spending their life of prayer and penance on a platform placed at the top of a column (stylos in Greek) remaining there for many years and even until death

**Wikidata**: [Q401642](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q401642)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stylite)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/stylite


## References

1. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013
2. Quora
3. GF WordNet