Saint Simeon the Logothete
- Also known as
- Simeon Metaphrastes
- Memorial
- 28 November
- Profile
- Logothete (secretary of state) to Emperor Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus.
Wrote history, prayers, letters, and collections of wisdom of Basil and Macarius of Egypt, but is most famous for his collection of legends and stories of the Byzantine saints similar to Blessed Jacopo de Voragine's The Golden Legend.
- Died
- c.1000 of natural causes
- Canonized
- Pre-Congregation
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