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Simon the Zealot
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Simon the Zealot (Acts 1:13, Luke 6:15) or Simon the Canaanite or Simon the Canaanean (Matthew 10:4, Mark 3:18; Greek: Σίμων ὁ Κανανίτης; Coptic: ⲥⲓⲙⲱⲛ ⲡⲓ-ⲕⲁⲛⲁⲛⲉⲟⲥ; Classical Syriac: ܫܡܥܘܢ ܩܢܢܝܐ)[3] was one of the most obscure among the apostles of Jesus. A few pseudepigraphical writings were connected to him, but Jerome does not include him in De viris illustribus written between 392 and 393 AD.[4]
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Simon the Zealot | |
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![]() St. Simon, by Peter Paul Rubens (c. 1611), from his Twelve Apostles series at the Museo del Prado, Madrid | |
Apostle, Preacher, Martyr | |
Born | 1st century AD Cana, Galilee, Judaea, Roman Empire |
Died | ~65 [1] Province of Britain, Roman Empire |
Venerated in | All Christian denominations that venerate saints |
Major shrine | relics claimed by many places, including Toulouse; Saint Peter's Basilica[2] |
Feast | October 28 (Western Christianity) May 10 (Byzantine Christianity) Pashons 15 (Coptic Christianity) ግንቦት 15 (Ethiopian Christianity) July 1 (medieval Hispanic liturgy as attested by sources of the time, such as the Antiphonary of León) |
Attributes | boat; cross and saw; fish (or two fish); lance; man being sawn in two longitudinally; oar[2] |
Patronage | curriers; sawyers; tanners[2] |
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