Saint Simeon of Metz

Saint Simeon, Bishop of Metz , was buried, like most of his predecessors, in the crypt of Saint-Clement. Angelramus, one of hi s successors to the see of Metz, having subjected the abbey of Senones, of which he was abbot, to his church, its religious, hitherto exempt from episcopal jurisdiction, murmured against it. The bishop, all-powerful at the court of Charlema gne, of whom he was archchaplain, wishing however to regain the affection of his religious through his benevolence, presented them with the body of Saint Simeon, already renowned for his miracles. But the monks of Senones, dissatisfied with the conduct of Angelramus, refused to receive the relics of the Saint into their church. The Bishop of Metz deposited them in a chapel he had built on a hill overlooking the monastery to the south, which could still be seen in the last century. God manifested His power and the merits of the Saint there through daily miracl es, says the monk Richer, an ancient chronicler of Senones, which finally led the religious to solemnly transport the body of Saint Simeon into their church, dedicated to Saint Peter and Saint Paul, where it remained until the destruction of the abbey, in a silver shrine. The head and an arm were kept separately in silver reliquaries shaped accordingly. Every year, on October 25, a commemoration of this translation was held at Senones. One must read in the chronicle of Richer, a religious of Senones who lived in the 13th century, the summary of the numerous miracles performed at the tomb of Saint Simeon, which have made him one of the greatest wonder -workers of the Vosges.

Chron. Richer, lib. II, and 1, 2, 4.

Chron. Richer, lib. II, et 1, 2, 4.