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Stylites — (from Greek stylos , pillar ) or Pillar Saints are a type of Christian ascetic who in the early days of the Byzantine Empire stood on pillars preaching, fasting and praying. They believed that the mortification of their bodies would help ensure… … Wikipedia
Simón el Estilita — Plancha metálica que muestra a san Simón Estilita sobre su columna. La serpiente representa al demonio, tratando de tentarlo (siglo VI, Louvre). Nacimiento Hacia … Wikipedia Español
Simon — (Variante: Simeon) ist ein männlicher Vorname. Die weibliche Form lautet Simone. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Herkunft und Bedeutung des Namens 2 Namenstag 3 Varianten 3.1 … Deutsch Wikipedia
Simon of the Desert (film) — Infobox Film name = Simon of the Desert caption = Poster writer = Julio Alejandro Luis Buñuel starring = Claudio Brook Silvia Pinal Hortensia Santoveña Luis Aceves Castañeda director = Luis Buñuel producer = Gustavo Alatriste movie music =… … Wikipedia
Symeon Stylites der Ältere — Säule von Symeon Stylites dem Älteren … Deutsch Wikipedia
Simeon Stylites — Infobox Saint name=Saint Simeon Stylites birth date=c. 390 death date=2 September 459 feast day=1 September (Eastern Orthodox Church) 29 Pashons (Coptic Orthodox Church) 5 January (Western Christianity) venerated in=Oriental Orthodox Church… … Wikipedia
Seclusion — (Roget s Thesaurus) Exclusion. < N PARAG:Seclusion >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 seclusion seclusion privacy Sgm: N 1 retirement retirement Sgm: N 1 reclusion reclusion recess Sgm: N 1 snugness snugness &c. >Adj. Sgm … English dictionary for students
Søren Kierkegaard — Søren Aabye Kierkegaard Sketch of Søren Kierkegaard by Niels Christian Kierkegaard, c. 1840 Full name Søren Aabye Kierkegaard Born 5 May 1813 Copenhagen, Denmark Died 11 November 1855 … Wikipedia
Provo (movement) — Provo was a Dutch counterculture movement in the mid 1960s that focused on provoking violent responses from authorities using non violent bait. It was preceded by the nozem movement and followed by the hippie movement. Unlike these two movements … Wikipedia
Dramatic monologue — M. H. Abrams notes the following three features of the dramatic monologue as it applies to poetry: A single person, who is patently not the poet, utters the speech that makes up the whole of the poem, in a specific situation at a critical moment… … Wikipedia
