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St Simon - English
URL: http://www.ewtn.com/library/MARY/SIMON.htm

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St Simon is surnamed the Canaanean or Canaanite, and the Zealot, to distinguish him from St. Peter, and from St. Simeon, the brother of St. James the Less, and his successor in the see of Jerusalem. From the first of these surnames some have thought that St. Simon was born at Cana, in Galilee: certain modern Greeks pretend that it was at his marriage that our Lord turned the water into wine. It is not to be doubted but he was a Galilean.

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Patron Saints Index: Saint Simon the Apostle - English
URL: http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/saints07.htm

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Also known as Simon the Cananean; Simon the Zealot Memorial 28 October (Roman Church); 10 May (Coptic Church) Profile Apostle. Evangelized in Egypt and Mesopotamia. Several places claim to have been the site of his martyrdom.

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CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. Simon the Apostle - English
URL: http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13796b.htm

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The name of Simon occurs in all the passages of the Gospel and Acts, in which a list of the Apostles is given. To distinguish him from St. Peter he is called (Matthew 10:4; Mark 3:18) Kananaios, or Kananites, and Zelotes (Luke 6:15; Acts 1:13). Both surnames have the same signification and are a translation of the Hebrew qana (the Zealous).

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Biography: Simon and Jude, Apostles (28 October NT) - English
URL: http://elvis.rowan.edu/~kilroy/JEK/10/28.html

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On the various New Testament lists of the Twelve Apostles (Matthew 10:2-4; Mark 3:16-19; Luke 6:14-16; Acts 1:13), the tenth and eleventh places are occupied by Simon the Zealot (also called Simon the "Cananean," the Aramaic word meaning "Zealot") and by Judas of James, also called Thaddaeus or Lebbaeus. ("Judas" in New Testament contexts corresponds to "Judah" in Old Testament ones.

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