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Simon the Tanner
Coptic icon of St. Simon the Shoemaker depicted as a one-eyed man carrying waterskins, as he used to carry water to the sick and the old every morning before going to work.
Born10th century
Egypt
Died10th century
Old Cairo, Egypt
Venerated inCoptic Orthodox Church
Syriac Orthodox Church
Major shrineSt. Simon the Tanner Coptic Orthodox Monastery (Zabbaleen, Mokattam)
AttributesOne eye, eyepatch, waterskins

Saint Simon the Tanner (fl. 10th century), also known as Saint Simon the Shoemaker (Coptic: Ⲫⲏⲉⲑⲟⲩⲁⲃ Ⲥⲓⲙⲱⲛ Ⲡⲓⲃⲁⲕϣⲁⲣ; Ⲡⲓϩⲟⲙ, Ϧⲁⲣⲣⲁⲍ, romanized: Fnethouav Simōn Pivakšar; Pišom, lit. 'Simon the Shoemaker; Craftsman'; Arabic: سمعان الدباغ, romanized: Sama'an al-Dabagh), is the Coptic Orthodox saint associated with the story of the moving the Mokattam Mountain in Cairo, Egypt, during the rule of the Muslim Fatimid Caliph al-Muizz Lideenillah (953–975) while Abraham the Syrian was the Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria.

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