St. Symeon the New Theologian

E23110

St. Symeon the New Theologian was a 10th–11th century Byzantine monk, mystic, and spiritual writer renowned for his teachings on inner prayer, direct experience of God, and the transformative work of the Holy Spirit in the Christian life.

AI illustration

How this image was made

AI-generated illustration of St. Symeon the New Theologian

This AI-generated illustration was produced by black-forest-labs/FLUX.2-dev (1024x1024) from a prompt written by openai/gpt-oss-120b from the entity's label + description.

Prompt

Generate an image of St. Symeon the New Theologian (St. Symeon the New Theologian was a 10th–11th century Byzantine monk, mystic, and spiritual writer renowned for his teachings on inner prayer, direct experience of God, and the transformative work of the Holy Spirit in the Christian life.)

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Symeon the New Theologian 15
St. Symeon the New Theologian canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Byzantine monk ⓘ
Christian mystic ⓘ
Christian saint ⓘ
Christian theologian ⓘ
spiritual writer ⓘ
birthDate 949 ⓘ
birthPlace Byzantine Empire ⓘ
Galatai, Paphlagonia ⓘ
centuryOfActivity 10th century ⓘ
11th century ⓘ
churchTradition Eastern Orthodox Church ⓘ
deathDate 1022 ⓘ
deathPlace Byzantine Empire ⓘ
Chrysopolis ⓘ
denomination Byzantine Christianity ⓘ
linked to: Byzantine Rite
feastDay 12 March ⓘ
honorificTitle Saint ⓘ
linked to: Saint Mary

The New Theologian ⓘ
influenced Gregory Palamas ⓘ
linked to: St. Gregory Palamas

later hesychast tradition ⓘ
knownFor critique of formalism in religious life ⓘ
doctrine of the indwelling Holy Spirit ⓘ
emphasis on direct experience of God ⓘ
hymns about divine light ⓘ
insistence on personal conversion and repentance ⓘ
teachings on inner prayer ⓘ
writings on Christian mysticism ⓘ
language Greek ⓘ
monasteryAffiliation Monastery of St. Mamas in Constantinople ⓘ
monasticRole abbot ⓘ
nationality Byzantine ⓘ
occupation abbot of St. Mamas monastery ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
residence Constantinople ⓘ
linked to: Istanbul
sharesTitleTheologianWith Gregory of Nazianzus ⓘ
John the Theologian ⓘ
linked to: Apostle John
spiritualEmphasis confession and obedience to a spiritual father ⓘ
experience of God available to all baptized Christians ⓘ
spiritualPractice hesychastic prayer ⓘ
unceasing prayer ⓘ
theologicalTheme deification (theosis) ⓘ
importance of spiritual fatherhood ⓘ
inner transformation of the Christian ⓘ
personal experience of the Holy Spirit ⓘ
vision of the uncreated light ⓘ
titleCount one of the three saints called Theologian in Eastern Orthodoxy ⓘ
veneration Eastern Catholic Churches ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox Church ⓘ
workAuthored Catechetical Discourses ⓘ
Ethical Discourses ⓘ
Hymns of Divine Love ⓘ
Theological and Practical Chapters ⓘ
linked to: Chapters on Prayer

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (17)

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

Philokalia → containsWorkBy → St. Symeon the New Theologian ⓘ
St. Nikodemos the Hagiorite → influencedBy → St. Symeon the New Theologian ⓘ
hesychast tradition → influencedBy → Symeon the New Theologian ⓘ
linked to: St. Symeon the New Theologian
The New Theologian → refersTo → Symeon the New Theologian ⓘ
linked to: St. Symeon the New Theologian
The New Theologian → appliedTo → Symeon the New Theologian ⓘ
linked to: St. Symeon the New Theologian
Galatai, Paphlagonia → hasNotablePerson → Symeon the New Theologian ⓘ
linked to: St. Symeon the New Theologian
Hymns of Divine Love → author → Symeon the New Theologian ⓘ
linked to: St. Symeon the New Theologian
Hymns of Divine Love → associatedWith → Symeon the New Theologian ⓘ
linked to: St. Symeon the New Theologian
Catechetical Discourses → author → Symeon the New Theologian ⓘ
linked to: St. Symeon the New Theologian
Catechetical Discourses → associatedPerson → Symeon the New Theologian ⓘ
linked to: St. Symeon the New Theologian
Ethical Discourses → author → Symeon the New Theologian ⓘ
linked to: St. Symeon the New Theologian
Monastery of St. Mamas in Constantinople → notableResident → Symeon the New Theologian ⓘ
linked to: St. Symeon the New Theologian
Monastery of St. Mamas in Constantinople → spiritualCenterFor → Symeon the New Theologian ⓘ
linked to: St. Symeon the New Theologian
Monastery of St. Mamas in Constantinople → associatedWith → Symeon the New Theologian ⓘ
linked to: St. Symeon the New Theologian
Byzantine theology → hasKeyFigure → Symeon the New Theologian ⓘ
linked to: St. Symeon the New Theologian
Byzantine monasticism → hasKeyFigure → Symeon the New Theologian ⓘ
linked to: St. Symeon the New Theologian
Byzantine Platonism → hasKeyFigure → Symeon the New Theologian ⓘ
linked to: St. Symeon the New Theologian