Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
STYLITES
Noun
stylites
plural of stylite
Etymology
Proper noun
Stylites
(Christianity) an epithet of several saints revered as stylites
Source: Wiktionary
STYLITE
Sty"lite, n. Etym: [Gr. (Eccl. Hist.)
Definition: One of a sect of anchorites in the early church, who lived on the tops of pillars for the exercise of their patience; -- called also pillarist and pillar saint.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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