Simon the Zealot

Saint

Simon the Zealot
Saint; Simon the Zealot
	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 ; 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
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
Patronage	curriers; sawyers; tanners

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]

^ "St. Simon the Apostle" (in Italian). Blessed Saints and Witnesses. 2005-03-15. Retrieved 29 March 2010.
^ ^a ^b ^c Jones, Terry H (6 January 2009). "Saint Simon the Apostle". Saints.SQPN.com. Retrieved 29 March 2010.
^ "Saint Simon". st-takla.org (in Arabic).
^ Booth, A.D. (1981). "The Chronology of Jerome's Early Years". Phoenix. 35 (3). Classical Association of Canada: 241. doi:10.2307/1087656. JSTOR 1087656. This work [De viris illustribus], as he reveals at its start and finish, was completed in the fourteenth year of Theodosius, that is, between 19 January 392 and 18 January 393.

Saint Simon the Zealot
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]