Alypius

Alypius ST., the Stylite, so called because he remained for more than fifty years on the top of a pillar, like Simeon and the other Stylites. He was born at Adrianople. At thirty-two years of age, having distributed to the poor all his property, he took up his abode at the top of a pillar, where he remained till his death, about 610, the precise date being un-known. His day in the Greek calendar is Nov. 26. — Baillet, Nov. 26.