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Icon nb 124
Size : 42 x 18 cm.
Linden board
Egg tempera.
Saint Alypius the Stylite was born in the city of Adrianopolis in Paphlagonia. His mother, a Christian, was widowed early, and she sent her son to be educated by Bishop Theodore. Saint Alypius, from his early years, wanted to devote his life to God and yearned for the solitary life. For fifty-three years Saint Alypius struggled upon the pillar, praying to God and teaching those who came to him.
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