Saint Simon de Valois
Saint, Count of Amiens, Count of Bar-sur-Aube, Count of the Vexin and of Valois
Feast: 30 September (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Simon de Crépy (c. 1047 – 1081) was Count of Amiens, of the Vexin and of Valois from 1074 until 1077. He was the son of Count Ralph IV of Valois and Adèle of Bar-sur-Aube and thus the brother of Adele of Valois. He is also known as Simon de Vexin and Saint Simon.
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The miracles
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Why that counted as sanctity
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Connected on this site
- Gregory VII Saint“A marriage with Adela was within the prohibited degree of consanguinity and Simon went to Rome to meet with Pope Gregory VII, perhaps to arrange a dispensation.” — Wikipedia
- Wikidata Q176550 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Simon de Crépy (CC BY-SA)
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