Saint Daniel the Stylite
Priest (
493 Anno Domini A.D.) Feast: 11 December
Daniel was born in Maratha in 409 & became a monk in nearby Samosata on the Upper Euphrates. He learned of St. Simeon Stylites the Elder, living on a pillar at Antioch & got to see him twice. At the age of 42, Daniel decided that he too wanted to become a stylite (from the Greek word "stylos", meaning pillar) & live on a pillar near Constantinople
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Therefore, Emperor Leo I 
built a series of pillars with a platform on top for him, & Daniel was ordained there by Saint Gennadius . The saint quickly became an attraction for the people. He celebrated the Eucharist 
on his pillar, preached sermons 
dispensed spiritual advice, & cured the sick who were brought up to him 
He also gave prudent counsel to Emperors Leo and Zeno and the patriarch of Constantinople
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All the while, Daniel lived his particular type of pillar spirituality. He came down from his perch only once in 33 years-to turn Emperor Baliscus away from backing the heresy of Monophysitism [Monophysitism asserted that the person of Jesus Christ has only one, divine nature rather than the two natures, divine & human, that were established at the Council of Chalcedon in 451 A.D.]
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Daniel died in 493 A.D. and became the best known Stylite after Saint Simeon Stylites the Elder. The life of Saint Daniel the Stylite is an apt reminder that there are many ways to live the spiritual life. All of us have our own way to be close to God every day. Our task is to find that way and follow it to the very end.
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