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Simeon Stylites the Younger, also known as Simeon of the Admirable Mountain (Greek: Συμεὼν ὁ νεώτερος ὁ στυλίτης, Arabic: مار سمعان العمودي الأصغر mār semʻān l-ʻamūdī l-asghar; 521 – 596/597), is a saint in the Catholic Church and Eastern Orthodox Church.
Simeon in the Temple, by Rembrandt van Rijn, 1631. Simeon (Greek: Συμεών) at the Temple is the "just and devout" man of Jerusalem who, according to Luke 2:25–35, met Mary, Joseph, and Jesus as they entered the Temple to fulfill the requirements of the Law of Moses on the 40th day from Jesus' birth, i.e. the presentation of Jesus at the Temple.
Catholic (%) Latter-day Saint (%) Other (%) None (%) Dallas: 82 78 38 14 7 15 1 4 18 Atlanta: 80 76 33 12 18 11 1 3 20 Houston: 80 73 30 11 9 19 1 4 20 Miami: 79 68 20 11 8 27 <1 10 21 Chicago: 78 71 16 11 8 34 <1 7 22 Minneapolis: 77 70 15 27 4 21 1 5 23 Detroit: 76 67 20 14 15 16 <1 8 24 New York City: 76 59 9 8 6 33 <1 16 24 Philadelphia: 76 ...
Simeon (Hebrew: שִׁמְעוֹן, Modern: Šīmʾōn, Tiberian: Šīmʾōn) [1] was the second of the six sons of Jacob and Leah, and the founder of the Israelite tribe, The Tribe of Simeon, according to the Book of Genesis of the Hebrew Bible.
Simeon Stylites or Symeon the Stylite [n 1] (Greek: Συμεών ό Στυλίτης; Syriac: ܫܡܥܘܢ ܕܐܣܛܘܢܐ, romanized: Šimʕun dʼAstˁonā; Arabic: سمعان العمودي, romanized: Simʿān al-ʿAmūdī c. 390 – 2 September 459) was a Syrian Christian ascetic, who achieved notability by living 36 years on a small platform on top of a pillar near Aleppo (in modern Syria).
Simeon Bar Kokhba, leader of the Bar Kokhba revolt; Simeon bar Yochai, rabbi of the Tannaim period, possibly the author of the Zohar; Simeon Stylites (c. 388–459 AD), Christian pillar-hermit from Sisan, Syria; Simeon Stylites III, 5th-century pillar-hermit; Simeon Stylites the Younger (521–597 AD), hermit and pillar-hermit from Antioch
Simeon Stylites the Younger (521–596), 6th century Christian ascetic saint, stylite and hieromonk; Simeon the Holy Fool, 6th-century saint from Syria; Symeon the Metaphrast (died c. 1000), Byzantine historian, hagiographer, and saint; Symeon the Studite (918–986 or 987), Byzantine monk and spiritual father of St. Simeon the New Theologian
Simeon the Holy Fool and his friend Ioann, Eastern Orthodox icon Simeon the Holy Fool ( Abba Simeon , Saint Simeon Salos or Saint Simeon Salus , Greek : Συμεών (ὁ διὰ τὸν Χριστόν) Σαλός ) was a Christian monk , hermit and saint of Byzantine-Syrian origin, who lived in the sixth century AD.