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... remained standing motionless either on the ground or on a pillar . Of these last the most celebrated was Symeon the elder ( 389-459 ) , who remained for more than thirty years on his column thirty feet high near Antioch , a true saint ...
... remained standing motionless either on the ground or on a pillar . Of these last the most celebrated was Symeon the elder ( 389-459 ) , who remained for more than thirty years on his column thirty feet high near Antioch , a true saint ...
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... remained small and hidden , though each has come down the centuries to the present day . The spread of the eremitical vocation , as recent study has shown , was rapid and wide in the eleventh century , but it was also in indivi- dual ...
... remained small and hidden , though each has come down the centuries to the present day . The spread of the eremitical vocation , as recent study has shown , was rapid and wide in the eleventh century , but it was also in indivi- dual ...
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... remained in eastern Europe and the Levant throughout the middle ages and into modern times . In the west , many of the early monasteries were small . The indications that appear in both the rule of St Benedict and the rule of the Master ...
... remained in eastern Europe and the Levant throughout the middle ages and into modern times . In the west , many of the early monasteries were small . The indications that appear in both the rule of St Benedict and the rule of the Master ...
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