Symeon the New Theologian
Christian saint, monk, and theologian
Feast: 12 March (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Saint Symeon the New Theologian (Greek: Συμεὼν ὁ Νέος Θεολόγος; c. 949 – 12 March 1022) was an Eastern Orthodox monk and poet who was one of the three saints canonized by the Eastern Orthodox Church and given the title of "Theologian" (along with John the Apostle and Gregory of Nazianzus). "Theologian" was not applied to Symeon in the modern academic sense of theological study; the title was intended only to recognise someone who spoke from personal experience of the vision of God. One of his principal teachings was that humans could and should experience theoria (literally "contemplation," or direct experience of God).
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The miracles
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Why that counted as sanctity
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Connected on this site
- Gregory of Nazianzus Saint“He is also one of only three men in the life of the Orthodox Church who have been officially designated "Theologian" by epithet, the other two being John the Apostle, and Symeon the New Theologian.” — Wikipedia
- John the Apostle Saint“949 – 12 March 1022) was an Eastern Orthodox monk and poet who was one of the three saints canonized by the Eastern Orthodox Church and given the title of "Theologian" (along with John the Apostle and Gregory of Nazianzus).” — Wikipedia
- Santi e Beati — San Simeone il Nuovo Teologo — santiebeati.it: 'San Simeone il Nuovo Teologo, Abate, Galati, Paflagonia, 949 - Palukiton, Bosforo, 12 marzo 1022, festa 12 marzo' — listed without the 'Chiese Orientali' qualifier the site uses for purely Eastern commem
- Wikidata Q381710 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Symeon the New Theologian (CC BY-SA)
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