Talk:Simon of Cyrene

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Tradition states his sons Rufus and Alexander became missionaries. "Legend has it..." Why is this phrase always the lead-in to something utterly unexpected? ''"Missionaries?" "Yes. Missionaries!"'' ...and now Miss Tuttle will accompany us on the harmonium...

Sainthood?
The article claims Simon of Cyrene is venerated as a Saint in Catholic tradition, but this simply isn't true. Catholic Answers has an article on the matter: https://www.catholic.com/qa/the-saintliness-of-simon-of-cyrene

Cultural reference
Not sure whether it should be mentioned in the article, but there's a reference to the Simon of Cyrene story in "Life of Brian"... AnonMoos 11:20, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

Peter
Is Simon not Peter? There should be mention of Peter in this article? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.156.60.53 (talk) 04:37, 1 June 2013 (UTC)
 * Peter also went by "Simon", but was not this Simon of Cyrene. Many people share given names. —ADavidB 15:03, 1 June 2013 (UTC)

== Simeon called Nigeria ==

I wonder if these may be the same person. Is there any tradition or theory that would suggest this, and which could be put in? 31.52.104.93 (talk) 17:53, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

Substitution Interpretation
Was just reading up on accounts of the death of Jesus. Found this on the "Jesus in Islam" wiki. I think this interpretation is important to add to this article. Substitution interpretation[edit] While most western scholars,[25] Jews,[26][27] and Christians believe Jesus died, most Muslims believe he ascended to Heaven without being put on the cross and God transformed another person, Simon of Cyrene, to appear exactly like Jesus who was crucified instead of Jesus (cf. Irenaeuus' description of the heresy of Basilides, Book I, ch. XXIV, 4[28]) Matthew 27:32 Mark 15:21 Luke 23:26. Jesus ascended bodily to Heaven, there to remain until his Second Coming in the End Days.

Citations and sources are required.
Citations and sources are required. Comadoof (talk) 06:04, 7 April 2019 (UTC)

Some reconfigurations
1) I am moving the paragraph about the Sicari to the article on Cyrene, since the events described there all happen significantly after those that this page is devoted to. 2) I am moving the Emmerich paragraph to the popular culture section. It's kind of a strange place to put it, but the visions of someone 1800 years after the event—someone whose visions also convinced her that there were unicorns in the Himalayas—is neither a biblical nor any kind of a historical source that can shed light on this event. (The other alternative would be to give her her own section, which I don't believe is warranted in this article.) WindSandAndStars (talk) 01:38, 6 February 2021 (UTC)