page_title: Simon the Zealot
section_title: Sainthood
hierarchical_section_title: Simon the Zealot / Sainthood
caption_attribution_description: Русский: В гроте Симона Кананита. Новый Афон, Абхазия. English: St. Simon the Zealot's (Simon Kananaios) cave in Abkhazia
context_page_description: Simon the Zealot or Simon the Canaanite or Simon the Cananaean was one of the most obscure among the apostles of Jesus. A few pseudepigraphical writings were connected to him, but Saint Jerome does not include him in De viris illustribus written between 392–393 AD.
context_section_description: Simon, like the other Apostles, is regarded as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox Churches, the Oriental Orthodox Churches, the Eastern Catholic Churches, the Anglican Church and the Lutheran Church.
caption: St. Simon the Zealot's (Simon Kananaios) cave in Abkhazia, Georgia
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