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Martha, mother of Simeon Stylites the Younger

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Source revisionJun 20, 2026

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Saint Martha was the mother of Simeon Stylites the Younger. She is venerated in the Eastern Orthodox Church on July 4 and in the Catholic Church on July 5.

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This entry incorporates text from “Martha, mother of Simeon Stylites the Younger” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.