The Library of Congress > LCCN Permalink

View this record in:  MARCXML | LC Authorities & Vocabularies | VIAF (Virtual International Authority File)External Link

Simon, Magus, active 1st century

LC control no.no 99030629
Descriptive conventionsrda
Personal name headingSimon, Magus, active 1st century
    Browse this term in  LC Authorities  or the  LC Catalog
Variant(s)Simon, Magus, 1st cent.
Simon Magus, active 1st century
Simon, the Magician, active 1st century
Simon, the Sorcerer, active 1st century
Beginning date00
Found inDissertatio iuridica de involucris Simoniae detectis ... 1736: title page (Simoniae)
OCLC, April 30, 1999 (hdg.: Simon, Magus, 1st cent.)
Encyclopedia Britannica, 1992 (Simon Magus (Latin), Simon the Magician, or the Sorcerer (fl. 1st century AD); mentioned in Acts of the Apostles 8:9-24)
English Wikipedia, viewed September 6, 2022 (Simon Magus; Greek: Σιμον ὀ μάγος; Latin: Simon Magus;, also known as Simon the Sorcerer or Simon the Magician; religious figure whose confrontation with Peter is recorded in Acts 8:9-24. The act of simony, or paying for position, is named after Simon who tried to buy his way into the power of the Apostles)