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Personal Information
Sex:
Simeon was male. See factoid page
Sanctity:
Simeon was a saint. See factoid page
Occupation(s):
Simeon was an anchorite. See factoid page
Relationships
John of Ephesus commemorated Simeon. See factoid page
Simeon the Mountaineer and Anonymi 3701 had a professional relationship. See factoid page
Simeon the Mountaineer ordained Anonymi 3700. See factoid page
Events
Simeon questioned the shepherds about their faith and Christian practices, only to learn that they had neglected their faith. See factoid page
Simeon resolved to stay with the shepherds and teach them how to worship God as Christians See factoid page
Simeon, in his wanderings, came upon a village in Mʿrbnʾ and found their church abandoned and their faith neglected. See factoid page
Simeon decided to take up residence in the abandoned church in Mʿrbnʾ See factoid page
Simeon asked the people of the hamlet to gather around him so that he could proselytize and admonish them for neglecting their faith. See factoid page
Simeon made the oblation and communicated with the people of Mʿrbnʾ See factoid page
Simeon called all of the children to him, divided them into two groups: the first was shut away in a room and the children in the second group, consisting of eighteen boys and twelve girls, were initiated into the clerical state by being tonsured. See factoid page
Two children were were struck down with illness and died when their parents refused Simeon's attempt to tonsure them. See factoid page
Simeon received no further opposition, so that he continued to select and tonsure children, and within four or five years his church flourished. See factoid page
For twenty-six years Simeon preached, gave blessings, and established himself as a spiritual teacher as the church he established flourished. See factoid page
Simeon lived in the mountains like the wild beasts. See factoid page
Simeon would preach while in a state of ecstatic contemplation See factoid page