Name
Symeon (the God-receiver), elder of the temple of Jerusalem
Saint ID
S00285
Reported Death Not Before
1
Reported Death Not After
33
Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Other New Testament saints
| ID | Title | E00367 | Gregory of Tours writes the Glory of the Martyrs (Liber in Gloria Martyrum), in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 580/594. Overview entry. | E00491 | Gregory of Tours, in his Glory of the Martyrs (26), tells of the martyrdom and tomb of *James ('brother of the Lord', S00058) on the Mount of Olives, where he is buried together with *Zechariah (father of John the Baptist, S00597) and *Symeon (the God-receiver, elder of the temple of Jerusalem, S00285). Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 580/594. | E02746 | Three Greek inscriptions from the so-called 'Tomb of Absalom' in the Kidron Valley (Jerusalem, Roman province of Palaestina I), implausibly argued to mention *Zechariah (father of John the Baptist, S00597), and Symeon (the God-receiver, elder of the temple of Jerusalem, S00285). Probably 6th c. or later. Once implausibly dated to the 4th c. | E03633 | The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th century, based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Jerusalem, commemorates on 3 February *Symeon (the God-receiver, elder of the New Testament, S00285) and *Anna (New Testament prophetess, S01359), *Blaisios (bishop and martyr of Armenian Sebaste, S01360), *Ephrem the Syrian (poet and theologian in Edessa, S01238), fathers Paul, Mark, Pamphilios, Amona, Eulogios and Abuk (unidentified desert fathers, probably from the Apophthegmata Patrum). | E03743 | The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th c., based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Palestine, commemorates on 18 May *James ('brother of the Lord', S00058), *Symeon (the God-receiver) (elder of the temple of Jerusalem, S00285), the priest *Zechariah, (father of John the Baptist, S00597), and Bishop George, an 8th c. bishop and martyr of Melitene during Iconoclasm. | E03750 | The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th c., based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Palestine, commemorates on 25 May *James ('brother of the Lord', S00058), *Symeon (the God-receiver, elder of the temple of Jerusalem, S00285), *Zechariah (father of John the Baptist, S00597), martyrdom of *Therapon (bishop and martyr of Cyprus under Diocletian, S01751), *Meletios (bishops of Cyprus, S01635) and, as a marginal addition, *George (probably the soldier and martyr, S00259). | E03943 | The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th c., based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Palestine, commemorates on 1 December the martyrdom of *James ('brother of the Lord', S00058) and the invention of the relics of *Symeon (the God-receiver, elder of the temple of Jerusalem, S00285) and *Zechariah (father of John the Baptist, S00597) and *Nahum (Old Testament prophet, S01806). | E04585 | The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 5 January. | E05169 | The Latin Calendar of Sinai records the feasts of saints through the year, followed by a list of the apostles to various regions of Christianity. Written possibly in North Africa, possibly in the 7th/8th c.; preserved in a manuscript, probably of the 9th c., in St Catherine's monastery, Sinai. Basic Entry. | E05852 | The Calendar of Willibrord, in its earliest version, records the feasts of various saints in February. Written in Latin at Echternach, Frisia (north-east Gaul), 703/710. | E06078 | Adomnán, in his On the Holy Places, reports the recent visit of the Franco-Gallic bishop Arculf to the tombs of *Symeon (the God-receiver, elder of the temple of Jerusalem, S00285) and *Joseph (husband of Mary and foster-father of Christ, S02265) in Jerusalem. Written in Latin at Iona (north-west Britain), possibly 683/689. | E07922 | Theodosius, in his On the Topography of the Holy Land, in his list of holy sites at Jerusalem, recounts the martyrdom of *James ('brother of the Lord', S00058), and mentions his tomb on the Mount of Olives, which James himself had built and in which he had buried *Zechariah (father of John the Baptist, S00597) and *Symeon (the God-receiver, elder of the temple of Jerusalem, S00285). Written in Latin, perhaps in Africa, 518/540. | E08315 | 35 relic labels at Sens (northern Gaul), datable by their script to the 7th or 8th c., for relics of a great diversity of saints. Written in Latin, perhaps at Sens, or at an earlier stage in their transmission. | E08426 | The will of Vigilius, bishop of Auxerre (central Gaul), records the bishop's foundation of a basilica dedicated to *Mary (mother of Christ, S00033) and attached to a male monastery in the city's suburbs, and appears to refer incidentally to a vineyard outside the city belonging to a foundation dedicated to *Germanus (bishop of Auxerre, ob. 448, S00455); as well as further churches dedicated to *Symeon (probably the elder of the temple of Jerusalem, S00285) and *Ferreolus (martyr of Besançon, S00348). Written in Latin in Gaul, possibly at Auxerre, shortly before 680/86. |
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