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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


from its origins to circa AD 700, across the entire Christian world


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
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E00367Gregory of Tours writes the Glory of the Martyrs (Liber in Gloria Martyrum), in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 580/594. Overview entry.
E00491Gregory 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.
E02746Three 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.
E03633The 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).
E03743The 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.
E03750The 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), the martyrdom of *Therapon (bishop and martyr of Cyprus, S01751), *Meletios (bishops of Cyprus, S01635) and, as a marginal addition, *George (probably the soldier and martyr, S00259).
E03943The 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).
E04585The 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.
E04666The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 2 February.
E05169The 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.
E05852The 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.
E06078Adomnán, 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.
E07922Theodosius, 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.
E0831535 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.
E08426The 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.