Symeon the Metaphrast
Symeon or Simeon (died c. 1000), distinguished as Symeon Metaphrastes (Latin) or Symeon the Metaphrast (Greek: Συμεών ὁ Μεταφραστής, Symeṓn ho Metaphrastḗs), was a Byzantine writer and official regarded as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church. His feast day is celebrated on 9 or 28 November. He is best known for his 10-volume Greek menologion, a collection of saints' lives.
Symeon the Metaphrast | |
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| Venerable, Hagiographer, Logothete | |
| Born | 886-912 (900) Constantinople (modern-day Istanbul, Turkey) |
| Residence | Constantinople |
| Died | November 28, 987 Constantinople |
| Honored in | Eastern Orthodox Church |
| Canonized | 11th century, Constantinople by Eastern Orthodox Church |
| Feast | November 9/November 22 |
| Attributes | Pen, Scroll, Religious habit |
| Major works | Menologium |
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