Simeon the God-receiver

E262196

Christian holy person New Testament person biblical figure saint

Simeon the God-receiver is a biblical figure in Christian tradition revered as the righteous elder who recognized the infant Jesus as the Messiah during His presentation in the Temple.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Simeon	3
Saint Simeon	2
Righteous Simeon	1
Simeon (in the Temple narrative)	1
Simeon the God-Receiver	1
Simeon the God-receiver canonical	1
Simeon the Righteous	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2380125 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Simeon the God-receiver
Context triple: [Feast of the Presentation of Christ in the Temple, associatedWithFigure, Simeon the God-receiver]

A. Simeon
Simeon is a biblical figure, one of the twelve sons of Jacob and a progenitor of one of the tribes of Israel.
B. Saint Simeon the Myrrh-streaming
Saint Simeon the Myrrh-streaming is the monastic name of Stefan Nemanja, the medieval Serbian grand prince revered as a founding figure of the Serbian state and church and honored for the miraculous myrrh said to have flowed from his relics.
C. St. Symeon
St. Symeon was a medieval port serving the Principality of Antioch, functioning as its key maritime gateway for trade and communication in the eastern Mediterranean.
D. Nicholas the Wonderworker
Nicholas the Wonderworker is a revered 4th-century Christian bishop and miracle-working saint, best known as the historical figure behind the legend of Saint Nicholas.
E. Patriarch Isaac
Patriarch Isaac is a central biblical figure in the Hebrew tradition, known as the son of Abraham and father of Jacob, and regarded as one of the founding patriarchs of Israel.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Simeon the God-receiver
Target entity description: Simeon the God-receiver is a biblical figure in Christian tradition revered as the righteous elder who recognized the infant Jesus as the Messiah during His presentation in the Temple.

A. Simeon
Simeon is a biblical figure, one of the twelve sons of Jacob and a progenitor of one of the tribes of Israel.
B. Saint Simeon the Myrrh-streaming
Saint Simeon the Myrrh-streaming is the monastic name of Stefan Nemanja, the medieval Serbian grand prince revered as a founding figure of the Serbian state and church and honored for the miraculous myrrh said to have flowed from his relics.
C. St. Symeon
St. Symeon was a medieval port serving the Principality of Antioch, functioning as its key maritime gateway for trade and communication in the eastern Mediterranean.
D. Nicholas the Wonderworker
Nicholas the Wonderworker is a revered 4th-century Christian bishop and miracle-working saint, best known as the historical figure behind the legend of Saint Nicholas.
E. Patriarch Isaac
Patriarch Isaac is a central biblical figure in the Hebrew tradition, known as the son of Abraham and father of Jacob, and regarded as one of the founding patriarchs of Israel.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian holy person ⓘ New Testament person ⓘ biblical figure ⓘ saint ⓘ
appearsIn	Gospel of Luke ⓘ New Testament ⓘ
associatedWithEvent	Feast of the Meeting of the Lord ⓘ linked to: Feast of the Presentation of Christ in the Temple Feast of the Presentation of the Lord ⓘ linked to: Feast of the Presentation of Christ in the Temple Presentation of Jesus at the Temple ⓘ linked to: Feast of the Presentation of Christ in the Temple
associatedWithPlace	Jerusalem ⓘ Temple in Jerusalem ⓘ linked to: Jewish Temple
associatedWithPrayer	Nunc dimittis (Now lettest Thou Thy servant depart in peace) ⓘ linked to: Nunc Dimittis (Lord, now lettest Thou Thy servant depart in peace)
awaited	consolation of Israel ⓘ
category	Biblical saints ⓘ People in the Gospel of Luke ⓘ
commemoratedOn	Candlemas ⓘ Feast of the Meeting of Our Lord ⓘ
describedAs	devout ⓘ righteous ⓘ
feastDay	February 2 ⓘ February 3 ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
guidedBy	Holy Spirit ⓘ linked to: God the Holy Spirit
hasNameVariant	Saint Simeon ⓘ linked to: Simeon the God-receiver Simeon the Righteous ⓘ linked to: Simeon the God-receiver Symeon the God-receiver ⓘ
hasRole	righteous elder ⓘ
iconographicAttribute	elder holding the Christ Child ⓘ scene of the Presentation in the Temple ⓘ
knownFor	meeting Jesus at His presentation in the Temple ⓘ proclaiming the Nunc dimittis ⓘ recognizing the infant Jesus as the Messiah ⓘ
languageOfName	Greek ⓘ
mentionedInChapter	Luke 2 ⓘ
recognizedAs	witness to the Messiahship of Jesus ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ
spokeProphecyAbout	Jesus Christ ⓘ Mary, the mother of Jesus ⓘ linked to: Virgin Mary
title	Righteous Simeon ⓘ linked to: Simeon the God-receiver the God-receiver ⓘ
tradition	Christian tradition ⓘ
utteredText	Nunc dimittis ⓘ linked to: Nunc Dimittis (Lord, now lettest Thou Thy servant depart in peace)
veneratedIn	Anglican Communion ⓘ Eastern Orthodox Church ⓘ linked to: Eastern Orthodox Christianity Lutheran Churches ⓘ linked to: European Lutheran churches Oriental Orthodox Churches ⓘ linked to: Oriental Orthodoxy Roman Catholic Church ⓘ linked to: Roman Catholicism

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (10)

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

Feast of the Presentation of Christ in the Temple → associatedWithFigure → Simeon the God-receiver ⓘ

Nunc Dimittis → isSpokenBy → Simeon ⓘ

subject linked to: Nunc Dimittis (Lord, now lettest Thou Thy servant depart in peace)