Saints Library · Teaching and Sharing
St. Simon
Patron of Curriers and Sawyers
Life and historical setting
Simon is remembered in the Church as patron of Curriers and Sawyers.
The supplied collection places Simon's witness within the theme of teaching and sharing. This profile preserves the source's identification while withholding details that cannot yet be attached to this person with confidence.
The enduring witness of Simon is especially connected with gospel encounter and discipleship, prayer and contemplation, and preaching and evangelization. Dates, offices, and institutions are presented as biographical facts, while later devotional interpretation is kept distinct from the historical outline.
Vocation and witness
These themes were identified from the supplied source record and provide a structured guide to the life.
Gospel encounter and discipleship
The supplied account connects this life directly with Christ, the Gospel, or the apostolic witness.
Prayer and contemplation
Prayer, contemplation, or a disciplined interior life is a significant part of the recorded witness.
Preaching and evangelization
The source remembers preaching, missionary work, baptism, catechesis, or another form of evangelization.
Teaching and sacred learning
Teaching, writing, study, or the formation of others belongs to the legacy preserved in the source.
Courageous public witness
The narrative records fidelity expressed publicly despite conflict, opposition, exile, or imprisonment.
Martyrdom and sacrifice
The source presents suffering or death borne in fidelity to Christ and the faith.
Sharing the faith
The source presents teaching and evangelization as service to the Church and future generations.
Spiritual legacy
The enduring witness of Simon is especially connected with gospel encounter and discipleship, prayer and contemplation, and preaching and evangelization. Dates, offices, and institutions are presented as biographical facts, while later devotional interpretation is kept distinct from the historical outline.
Prayerful reflection
God of holiness, through the witness of Simon, strengthen us in patient teaching, evangelization, and the faithful transmission of the Catholic faith. Keep our attention fixed on Jesus Christ, and teach us to answer grace faithfully in the duties, relationships, and needs placed before us. Amen.
Historical and liturgical note
Date printed in the supplied edition; local, national, religious, and Eastern calendars can differ.
Dates, offices, and institutions are presented as biographical facts, while later devotional interpretation is kept distinct from the historical outline.