S. Simeon (monastery)
a Pleiades
place
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Creators: T. Wilfong, S.E. Sidebotham, J. Keenan Copyright © The Creators. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: T. Wilfong, S.E. Sidebotham, J. Keenan Copyright © The Creators. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
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History
The fortified Saint Simeon Monastery (Aswan, Egypt) dates to the seventh century. It was initially sacred to the local saint Anba Hedra. The site was rebuilt in the tenth century and re-dedicated to Saint Simeon. Saladin partially destroyed the monastery in 1173.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/786106
24.0942224615, 32.8763035586
- Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Monastery of St. Simeon (unspecified date range) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Monastery of Saint Simeon (English, AD 2000 - AD 2099)
- Simeonskloster (German, AD 2000 - AD 2099)
- monastère de Saint-Siméon (French, AD 2000 - AD 2099)
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- S. Simeon, Mon. (S. Simeon: English, AD 300 - AD 640)
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monastery
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 80 inset S. Simeon, Mon.
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Deir Abu Hadra
T. Wilfong, S.E. Sidebotham, J. Keenan, DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, and Jeffrey Becker, 'S. Simeon (monastery): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/786106> [accessed: 18 November 2025]
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