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Simon, St, ‘the Less’

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Simon, St, ‘the Less’, Apostle. St Luke describes him as ‘Simon the zealot’ (Acts 1: 13). This could imply that he had been a member of the Zealots, if that party existed at the time. The apocryphal ‘Passion of Simon and Jude’ relates the preaching and martyrdom of the two Apostles in Persia. In the W. they are always coupled in the ecclesiastical calendar and in dedication of churches. Feast day in the E., 10 May; in the W. (with St Jude), 28 Oct.

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