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compiled works attributed to Symeon. They were at a loss for the provenance of some of his materials and their relation to other standard hagiographies. In particular, Delehaye found that Symeon or his immediate sources sparsely added materials of their own drawn from other places.
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Some orthodox prayers of preparation before Holy Communion and prayers of thanksgiving after Holy Communion were composed by him.
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Per Kazhdan and Ševčenko, his dates have generated some controversy. Mark Eugenikos places his birth in the reign of
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addressed to him an encomium. It was widely read in monasteries. The standard edition came in ten volumes. Numerous
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labelled "a revolution in the field of hagiography". According to tradition, it was commissioned by Basil II.
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About Symeon's life few details are known. He lived in the second half of the 10th century.
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is celebrated on 9 or 28 November. He is best known for his 10-volume
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Greek Opera Omnia by Migne Patrologia Graeca with analytical indexes
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Delehaye, Preface to the "Synaxarium Eccles. Cp.", Propylæum to the
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copies were produced in the 11th century. Working independently,
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also makes him a contemporary of Basil II and Patriarch
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puts him at the peak of his career in the sixth year of
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Kazhdan, Alexander; Ševčenko, Nancy Patterson (1991).
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Jews, Christians and Jewish Christians in Antiquity
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He also compiled excerpts of the 24: 706:(1897), pp. 67205 and 531-553 690:, pp. 303–355 (Leipzig, 1876) 670: 430:The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium 399: 25: 1126: 752: 741:, xvi. 312-327 and xvii. 448-452. 535:Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). 232:, a collection of saints' lives. 628:Православный Церковный календарь 494:. Mohr Siebeck. pp. 212ff. 256:(984–991). 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Index

Symeon Metaphrastes
Saint

Venerable
Hagiographer
Logothete
Istanbul
Turkey
Eastern Orthodox Church
Canonized
Eastern Orthodox Church
Feast
Attributes
Latin
Greek
Byzantine
writer
official
saint
Eastern Orthodox Church
feast day
Greek
menologion
Ephrem Mtsire
Basil II
Yahya of Antioch
Nicholas II of Constantinople
Mark Eugenikos
megas logothetes
Symeon Logothete

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