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Thursday, November 12
Prophet Ahijah the Shilonite
Sinaxarion

Venerable

Simaus

A venerable saint, commemorated in the early Celtic calendars; very little is recorded.

Uncertain source. We are looking to verify this information as soon as we can.

Feast
June 26old style July 9
Era
unknown
Order
Venerables

Life

Saint Simaus (Siviau, in Brittany Cieux) was a disciple of Saint Brioc and a monk at his great monastery in Ceredigion. When Brioc went to Llydaw, Simaus stayed, but one night he dreamed of a ladder between earth and heaven with his master climbing it; thinking his own end had come, he sailed to Armorica and found Brioc's monastery, the master already dead. He founded a church where Saint-⁠Cieux now stands. His feast is kept on the Sunday nearest to 26 June. The veneration is local, without synodal canonization.

Commemorated the same day June 26