Early on he lived in a cave, where he spent the entire period of Lent abstaining from food.  
According to Theodoret's account of his life, he wore on his body a heavy iron chain and he bent down so that his forehead almost touched his feet.  Early on he lived in a cave, where he spent the entire period of Lent abstaining from food.  His similarly named son would go on to establish a monastery at what was later called "The Hill of Wonders."  Women were generally not permitted beyond the double wall that was built near his "Mandra."  Indeed, he refused to see his mother, St. Martha, until she passed away and her body was brought to him.  Celebrated by the Orthodox Church on September 1, his followers included Daniel, who lived for 33 years near Constantinople in the mode of this man, a Syrian who received visitors at the holy site he erected at Mount Teleanissae via a ladder.  For 10 points, identify this Christian saint who is named for the pillar on which he lived and preached.
According to Theodoret's account of his life, he wore on his body a heavy iron chain and he bent down so that his forehead almost touched his feet.  
Saint Simeon or Simeon Stylites or Saint Simeon the Stylite [prompt on the Stylite]