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    Simon

    Birth: unknown

    Death: unknown

    Nickname: Simon the Tanner

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Biblical figure in the Christian New Testament, Book of Acts. The Apostle Peter stayed at the home of Simon in Jaffa (present Israel). William Henry Seward mentions visiting the house of Simon the Tanner during his 1859 trip to Jaffa.

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Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, September 26, 1859

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Biblical figure in the Christian New Testament, Book of Acts. The Apostle Peter stayed at the home of Simon in Jaffa (present Israel). William Henry Seward mentions visiting the house of Simon the Tanner during his 1859 trip to Jaffa.
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