Symeon the God-receiver

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Symeon the God-receiver is a biblical figure in Christian tradition revered as the righteous elder who recognized and proclaimed Jesus as the Messiah during the Presentation at the Temple.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Symeon the God-receiver canonical 1
Symeon the Righteous 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian holy person ⓘ
New Testament person ⓘ
biblical figure ⓘ
saint ⓘ
appearsIn Gospel of Luke ⓘ
associatedWithEvent Presentation of Jesus at the Temple ⓘ
associatedWithHymn Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace ⓘ
associatedWithPlace Jerusalem Temple ⓘ
linked to: Temple in Jerusalem
awaited consolation of Israel ⓘ
category Biblical saints ⓘ
Christian saints from the New Testament ⓘ
People in the Gospel of Luke ⓘ
commemoratedOn February 16 ⓘ
February 2 ⓘ
February 3 ⓘ
describedAs devout ⓘ
righteous ⓘ
feastAssociatedWith Candlemas ⓘ
Feast of the Presentation of the Lord ⓘ
guidedBy Holy Spirit ⓘ
linked to: God the Holy Spirit
hasRole prophet ⓘ
righteous elder ⓘ
iconographicAttribute elderly man holding the Christ Child ⓘ
shown in the Temple with Mary and Joseph ⓘ
knownFor meeting the infant Jesus in the Temple ⓘ
proclaiming Jesus as a light to the Gentiles ⓘ
recognizing Jesus as the Messiah ⓘ
uttering the Nunc dimittis ⓘ
languageOfName Greek ⓘ
liturgicalTextAttributed Nunc dimittis ⓘ
mentionedIn Luke 2:25–35 ⓘ
nameInGreek Συμεών ⓘ
nameVariant Simeon ⓘ
prophesied that Jesus would be a sign spoken against ⓘ
that a sword would pierce Mary’s soul ⓘ
receivedRevelationThat he would not see death before seeing the Lord’s Christ ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
spokeProphecyAbout Jesus ⓘ
spokeProphecyTo Mary, mother of Jesus ⓘ
linked to: Virgin Mary
title Symeon the Righteous ⓘ
the God-receiver ⓘ
veneratedIn Anglican Communion ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox Church ⓘ
Lutheran Churches ⓘ
Oriental Orthodox Churches ⓘ
linked to: Oriental Orthodoxy

Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Simeon the God-receiver → hasNameVariant → Symeon the God-receiver ⓘ
Symeon the God-receiver → title → Symeon the Righteous ⓘ
linked to: Symeon the God-receiver