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    Simon the Zealot was one of Jesus's twelve apostles. Little is known about him from the Bible, which only lists him as "Simon who was called the Zealot." Later traditions associate him with evangelizing in Egypt and Persia with Jude, where they were both martyred. Legends say Simon was sawn in half or crucified in various locations, but the Bible provides few details about his life and death.

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    Simon the Zealot is one of Jesus's twelve apostles whose story and identity are obscure with little information about him directly in the Bible. Later traditions speculate on his missionary travels and martyrdom.

    Simon the Zealot is known as one of Jesus's twelve apostles and his epithet 'Zealot' suggests he was a Jewish revolutionary who opposed Roman occupation before becoming a follower of Jesus.

    Traditions say Simon preached in Egypt and Persia before being martyred, with some saying he was crucified in Samaria while others say he was sawn in half in Persia.

    Simon the Zealot

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    Saint Simon the Zealot

    Eastern Orthodox icon of the Apostle Simon

    Apostle and Martyr

    Born Cana or Canaan

    ~107[1], place of death disputed. Possibly Pella,


    Died
    Armenia; Suanir, Persia; Edessa

    Venerated Roman Catholic Church; Eastern Orthodox


    Church; Coptic Church; Oriental Orthodox
    in Churches, Eastern Catholic Churches; Anglican
    Church; Lutheran Church.

    Major relics claimed by many places, including


    shrine Toulouse; Saint Peter's Basilica[2]

    October 28 (Roman Catholic Church); May 10


    Feast
    (Coptic Church)

    boat; cross and saw; fish (or two fish); lance; man
    Attributes
    being sawn in two longitudinally; oar[2]

    Patronage curriers; sawyers; tanners[3]


    The apostle called Simon Zelotes, Simon the Zealot, in Luke 6:15 and Acts 1:13; and Simon
    Kananaios ("Simon" signifying ‫" שמעון‬hearkening; listening", Standard Hebrew Šimʿon,
    Tiberian Hebrew Šimʿôn), was one of the most obscure among the apostles of Jesus. Little is
    recorded of him aside from his name, few pseudepigraphical writings were connected to him (but
    see below), and Jerome does not include him in De viris illustribus.
    The name of Simon occurs in all the passages of the synoptic gospels and Acts that give a list of
    apostles, without further details.
    Simon, whom he named Peter, and Andrew his brother, and James and John, and Philip,
    and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon
    who was called the Zealot, and Judas ["the son" is interpolated] of James, and Judas
    Iscariot, who became a traitor. (Luke 6:12-16, RSV)
    To distinguish him from Simon Peter, he is called Kananaios, or Kananites (Matthew 10:4; Mark
    3:18), and in the list of apostles in Luke 6:15, repeated in Acts 1:13, Zelotes, the "Zealot". Both
    titles derive from the Hebrew word qana, meaning The Zealous, though Jerome and others
    mistook the word to signify the apostle was from the town of Cana (in which case his epithet
    would have been "Kanaios") or even from the region of Canaan. As such, the translation of the
    word as "the Cananite" or "the Canaanite" is purely traditional and without contemporary extra-
    canonic parallel.
    Robert Eisenman has pointed out[4] contemporary talmudic references to Zealots as kanna'im
    "but not really as a group — rather as avenging priests in the Temple". (Eisenman's broader
    conclusions, that the zealot element in the original apostle group was disguised and overwritten
    to make it support the assimilative Pauline Christianity of the Gentiles is more controversial.)
    In the canonic New Testament, Simon the Zealot is never identified with Simon the brother of
    Jesus mentioned in Gospel of Mark 6:3 :
    "Isn't this the carpenter? Isn't this Mary's son and the brother of James, Joseph, Judas
    and Simon? Aren't his sisters here with us?"" —New International Version.
    It is believed often that this is Simeon of Jerusalem, since he was born in Galilee.

    Contents
    [hide]
    • 1 In later tradition
    • 2 Sainthood
    • 3 Notes
    • 4 External links

    [edit] In later tradition

    Saint Simon the Zealot with his attribute of a saw


    St. Isidore of Seville drew together the accumulated anecdotes of St. Simon in De Vita et Morte;
    the fully-developed aura of legend is presented in the Legenda Aurea (ca 1260).[5]
    In later tradition, Simon is often associated with St. Jude as a proselytizing team; they share their
    feast day on 28 October. The most widespread tradition is that after evangelizing in Egypt,
    Simon joined Jude in Persia and Armenia, where both were martyred. This version is the one
    found in the Golden Legend.
    Later traditions expand on an independent personality for Simon and speculate about his fate.
    One tradition states that he travelled in the Middle East and Africa. Christian Ethiopians claim
    that he was crucified in Samaria, while Justus Lipsius writes that he was sawn in half at Suanir,
    Persia.[2] However, Moses of Chorene writes that he was martyred at Weriosphora in Caucasian
    Iberia.[2] Tradition also claims he died peacefully at Edessa.[6] Another tradition says he visited
    Britain -- possibly Glastonbury -- and was martyred in modern-day Lincolnshire. Another,
    doubtless inspired by his title "the Zealot", states that he was involved in a Jewish revolt against
    the Romans, which was brutally suppressed.
    The 2nd century Epistle of the Apostles (Epistula Apostolorum)[7], a polemic against gnostics,
    lists him among the apostles purported to be writing the letter (who include Thomas) as Judas
    Zelotes and certain Old Latin translations of the Gospel of Matthew substitute "Judas the Zealot"
    for Thaddeus/Lebbaeus in Matthew 10:3. To some readers, this suggests that he may be identical
    with the "Judas not Iscariot" mentioned in John 14:22: "Judas saith unto him, not Iscariot, Lord,
    how is it that thou wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the world?" As it has been
    suggested that Jude is identical with the apostle Thomas (see Jude Thomas), an identification of
    "Simon Zelotes" with Thomas is also possible. The New Testament records nothing more of
    Simon, aside from this multitude of pseudonyms.
    In art, Simon has the identifying attribute of a saw because he was put to death by a saw.
    See also the variant name Simeon.
    In the rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar, Simon Zealotes sings a song with the other disciples,
    worshipping Jesus, called "Simon Zealotes".
    [edit] Sainthood
    St. Simon, like the other Apostles, is regarded as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church, the
    Eastern Orthodox Churches, the Oriental Orthodox Churches, the Eastern Catholic Churches, the
    Anglican Church and the Lutheran Church.
    [edit] Notes
    1. ^ San Simone
    2. ^ a b c d Saint Simon the Apostle
    3. ^ saints07.htm Saint Simon the Apostle
    4. ^ Robert Eisenman, James the Brother of Jesus : The Key to Unlocking the Secrets of Early
    Christianity and the Dead Sea Scrolls. (Viking Penguin) . 1997. :33-4.
    5. ^ The Golden Legend: The Lives of Saints Simon and Jude
    6. ^ St. Simon of Zealot - Catholic Online
    7. ^ Epistula Apostolorum

    [edit] External links

    Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Simon the Apostle

    • All appearances of "Simon" in the New Testament


    • Legenda Aurea: Lives of Saints Simon and Jude
    • Catholic Encyclopedia: St. Simon the Apostle

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