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St. Simeon of Ctesiphon
April 21, Saint


Source: Catholicsaints.info



Son of a fuller. Co-adjutor bishop of Seleucia-Ctesiphon in 316. Patriarch of the Church in the East in 326. During the persecutions of King Shapur II of Persia, Shapur, who did not trust Christians or their connection to Rome, ordered Simeon to collect double taxes from all Christians. Simeon replied that he was a bishop, a man of God and a shepherd of his people, not a tax collector. Martyred thousands of Christian clergy and laity.








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