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Event Factoid: Because Simeon humiliated so many heretical leaders whenever he debated with them, many wanted him dead. In order to move about in safety, Simeon wore his hair and beard long in the style of a Persian layman.

Sources:

  • E. W Brooks, trans.,Lives of the Eastern Saints I,Patrologia Orientalis 17.1 (1923), https://archive.org/stream/patrologiaorient17pariuoft#page/n7/mode/2up, p: 144-145.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record

How to cite:

Katayoun Torabi and Daniel L. Schwartz, https://spear-prosop.org/802-70, in The Lives of the Eastern Saints: A SPEAR Prosopography, edited by Daniel L. Schwartz, general editor Daniel L. Schwartz, 2025-07-01.

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