Simeon the God-receiver

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Christian holy person New Testament person biblical figure saint

Simeon the God-receiver is a biblical figure in Christian tradition revered as the righteous elder who recognized the infant Jesus as the Messiah during His presentation in the Temple.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Simeon 3
Saint Simeon 2
Righteous Simeon 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian holy person ⓘ
New Testament person ⓘ
biblical figure ⓘ
saint ⓘ
appearsIn Gospel of Luke ⓘ
New Testament ⓘ
associatedWithEvent Feast of the Presentation of Christ in the Temple ⓘ
surface form: Feast of the Meeting of the Lord

Feast of the Presentation of Christ in the Temple ⓘ
surface form: Feast of the Presentation of the Lord

Feast of the Presentation of Christ in the Temple ⓘ
surface form: Presentation of Jesus at the Temple
associatedWithPlace Jerusalem ⓘ
Jewish Temple ⓘ
surface form: Temple in Jerusalem
associatedWithPrayer Nunc Dimittis (Lord, now lettest Thou Thy servant depart in peace) ⓘ
surface form: Nunc dimittis (Now lettest Thou Thy servant depart in peace)
awaited consolation of Israel ⓘ
category Biblical saints ⓘ
People in the Gospel of Luke ⓘ
commemoratedOn Candlemas ⓘ
Feast of the Meeting of Our Lord ⓘ
describedAs devout ⓘ
righteous ⓘ
feastDay February 2 ⓘ
February 3 ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
guidedBy God the Holy Spirit ⓘ
surface form: Holy Spirit
hasNameVariant Simeon the God-receiver self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Saint Simeon

Simeon the God-receiver self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Simeon the Righteous

Symeon the God-receiver ⓘ
hasRole righteous elder ⓘ
iconographicAttribute elder holding the Christ Child ⓘ
scene of the Presentation in the Temple ⓘ
knownFor meeting Jesus at His presentation in the Temple ⓘ
proclaiming the Nunc dimittis ⓘ
recognizing the infant Jesus as the Messiah ⓘ
languageOfName Greek ⓘ
mentionedInChapter Luke 2 ⓘ
recognizedAs witness to the Messiahship of Jesus ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
spokeProphecyAbout Jesus Christ ⓘ
Virgin Mary ⓘ
surface form: Mary, the mother of Jesus
title Simeon the God-receiver self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Righteous Simeon

the God-receiver ⓘ
tradition Christian tradition ⓘ
utteredText Nunc Dimittis (Lord, now lettest Thou Thy servant depart in peace) ⓘ
surface form: Nunc dimittis
veneratedIn Anglican Communion ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church

European Lutheran churches ⓘ
surface form: Lutheran Churches

Oriental Orthodoxy ⓘ
surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches

Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Roman Catholic Church

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Feast of the Presentation of Christ in the Temple → associatedWithFigure → Simeon the God-receiver ⓘ
Nunc Dimittis (Lord, now lettest Thou Thy servant depart in peace) → isSpokenBy → Simeon the God-receiver ⓘ
subject surface form: Nunc Dimittis
this entity surface form: Simeon
San Simeon → namedAfter → Simeon the God-receiver ⓘ
this entity surface form: Saint Simeon
prophetess Anna → contemporaryOf → Simeon the God-receiver ⓘ
subject surface form: Anna
this entity surface form: Simeon (in the Temple narrative)
Hypapante → hasPrimaryFigure → Simeon the God-receiver ⓘ
this entity surface form: Simeon the God-Receiver
Candlemas → hasAssociatedFigure → Simeon the God-receiver ⓘ
this entity surface form: Simeon
prophetess Anna, daughter of Phanuel → mentionedWith → Simeon the God-receiver ⓘ
subject surface form: Anna
this entity surface form: Simeon
Simeon the God-receiver → title → Simeon the God-receiver self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Righteous Simeon
Simeon the God-receiver → hasNameVariant → Simeon the God-receiver self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Saint Simeon
Simeon the God-receiver → hasNameVariant → Simeon the God-receiver self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Simeon the Righteous