Saint Alypius Stylites
Also known as
- Alypius of Adrianople
- Alypius of Adrianoplis
- Alypius of Hadrianople
- Alypius of Hadrianopolis
- Alipio
- Stiljanus
- Stylianos
- Stylianus
- Styllianus
- 26 November
- 28 November (Eastern calendar)
Profile
Deacon. Gave away all his possessions to live first as a monk, and then as a cave hermit and finally as one of the early ascetics who would live atop a pillar for long periods.
Born
- early 4th-century in Adrianople, Paphlagonia, Asia Minor (modern Edirne, Turkey)
- c.390 at Adrianopolis, Paphlagonia, Asia Minor (modern Edirne, Turkey) of natural causes
MLA Citation
- “Saint Alypius Stylites“. CatholicSaints.Info. 6 February 2019. Web. 17 January 2021. <>