Alypius the Stylite

Alypius was a monk from Adrianopolis in Paphlagonia, in what is now Turkey, remembered in the seventh century. He lived for many years on a pillar, giving his days to prayer through heat and cold. That is what the title Stylite means: someone who lived on a pillar. His unusual life points toward something we can practice wherever we are: returning to prayer, patiently, day after day.