Symeon the Studite, alsoSymeon the Pious orSymeon Eulabes, and sometimesSymeon the Elder, was an influential lay monk of theMonastery of Stoudios inConstantinople during the 10th century. He was the spiritual father, or teacher, ofSymeon the New Theologian.^[1][2]

Little is known about Symeon's life. He was born around 918 AD and became a monk at the Monastery of Stoudios in 942—it is from his identification with the monastery that he is called "the Studite". He died in 986 or 987. Forty chapters in the bookPatmiacus 427, all pertaining to the spiritual life, are credited to him as "Symeon the Devout" (Eulabes in Greek). His own writings show him as taking a practical approach to the spiritual life, while other writings from that time described him as aHoly Fool.^[1]Symeon the New Theologian revered him as a saint, which drew the rebuke of church officials who felt the younger Symeon was honoring someone who they considered to be less than saintly.^[3]

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