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Symeon of Trier
German-Italian saint and hermit
SaintResearchedByzantine EmpirePre-congregation
Feast: 1 June (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
990
Died
1035
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Trier in Lorraine, today in Germany, Saint Symeon, who, born at Syracuse of a Greek father, after leading the life of a hermit near Bethlehem and on Mount Sinai and after long wanderings, died at last enclosed in the tower of the Porta Nigra in this city.
The miracles
There was never a formal cause: he has been honoured as a saint since before the Church's formal processes began.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 1 June as a hermit of Bethlehem and Sinai who died enclosed in the Porta Nigra at Trier.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 1 June (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q518588 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Symeon of Trier (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.