Simon Ze·lo·tes

(zē-lō′tēz) or Simon the Canaanite fl. first century ad.

In the New Testament, one of the 12 Apostles. Although nothing certain is known of his life, he is thought to have been a member of the Zealots.

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Simon the Canaanite - one of the twelve Apostles (first century)

Simon, Simon the Zealot, Simon Zelotes, St. Simon

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Thus we have the soldier-saints Mercurius, Victor, Claudius, and Theodore the General (hymns II-V); the Archangel Michael, eponymous saint of the monastery where the manuscript was copied (hymn VIII); the twelve apostles (hymn IX), which interestingly refers to Simon of Cyrene instead of Simon the Canaanite, a feature I have not been able to parallel in other lists of the apostles in Coptic, which do sometimes contain strange affiliations for the apostles (see T.

Thirteen Coptic Acrostic Hymns from Manuscript M574 of the Pierpont Morgan Library

In the New Testament: (1) One of the original disciples of Jesus, also called Simon the Canaanite or Simon Zelotes (the Zealot).

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(fr Gr, apostolos, " messenger; envoy " ) Jesus ' twelve original disciples: Peter, Andrew, James the Less, John, Philip, Bartholomew, Thomas, Matthew, Simon the Canaanite (also Simon Zelotes), Jude (also Thaddaeus and Lebbaeus), James the Greater, and Judas Iscariot.

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