July 21st

Saint Simeon Salus and Saint John, Hermits

Saint · Common of Holy Men and Women · Homs, Syria · d. c. 590

At Emesa in Syria, Saint Simeon, surnamed Salus, who, moved by the divine Spirit, desired to be held a fool for Christ and lowly in the sight of men. Also, the commemoration of Saint John, hermit, who for nearly thirty years was the companion of Saint Simeon in holy pilgrimage and in the desert by the Dead Sea.

Latin Original

Apud Emesam in S ria, sancti Simeónis, cognoménto Sali, qui, a opíritu divino motus, stultus pro Christo et ignóbilis apud hómines habéri cupívit. Item, commemorátio sancti Ioánnis, eremitae, qui triginta fere annos sócius fuit sancti S1meónis in peregrinatióne sancta et in erémo apud Aspháltitem lacum.