In Early Medieval Europe, Roger Collins relates the story of two saints continuously arguing from their homes on these objects. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name these objects. Saint Simeon inspired generations of early Christian ascetics through his commitment to preaching from one of these objects.
ANSWER: pillars [accept columns]
[10m] Saint Simeon Stylites inspired a saint of this name to spend 33 years standing on a pillar near Constantinople. A different saint of this name saves Susanna from the elders in a work of Biblical apocrypha.
ANSWER: Daniel
[10e] Simeon spent at least 30 years atop a pillar in this modern-day country. Saint Paul converted on the road to this nation’s capital of Damascus.
ANSWER: Syria [or Syrian Arab Republic]
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