Simeon is probably the person referred to as the Holy Elder Abbot Symeon, a eunuch who had established a monastery of eunuchs in Thessaloniki, and who was praised by Theofyloctos of Ochrid in his speech in support of the eunuchs: One of them is Simeon from Athens, whom we saw in that city; I am talking about that tender and compassionate elder, who has a household wisdom. While very meticulously leading a fraternity on the Holy Mountain, he managed to establish also here (in Thessaloniki) a community of eunuch monks.
