According to one account, he lived on this pillar for the final 45 years of his long life and preached from the top of it. Miraculous healing were attributed to him and he was venerated as a saint even while he was still alive.
One account states that he spent the last 45 years of his remarkable existence on top of this pillar, delivering sermons from its summit. People believed he possessed miraculous healing powers, and he was already being revered as a saint during his lifetime.