It is known as the birthplace of Saints Alypios the Stylite and Stylianos of Paphlagonia. After the death of the Stylite, other hermits continued his work. He decided to take up the ascetic and eremitic life of a stylite. It is described in detail in the pseudonymous chronicle of Joshua the Stylite (6th century). He reportedly visited Daniel the Stylite who predicted that Eudoxia and Placidia would return. Saint Alypius the Stylite () was a seventh-century ascetic saint. This writer was most probably the stylite monk Joshua, at Zuqnin.