Simon (died 1225 x 1235) was a 13th-century Augustinian

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based in the

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. As a canon of

St Andrews Cathedral Priory St Andrews Cathedral Priory was a priory of Augustinian canons in St Andrews, Fife, Scotland. It was one of the great religious houses in Scotland, and instrumental in the founding of the University of St Andrews. History Plans were made for i ...

, he was elected

prior of St Andrews The Prior of St Andrews was the head of the property and community of Augustinian canons of St Andrews Cathedral Priory, St Andrews, Fife, Scotland. It was established by King David I in 1140 with canons from Nostell Priory, West Yorkshire. It ...

in either 1211 or 1212. Simon, like his predecessor Thomas, was said by

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historian

Walter Bower Walter Bower (or Bowmaker; 24 December 1449) was a Scottish canon regular and abbot of Inchcolm Abbey in the Firth of Forth, who is noted as a chronicler of his era. He was born about 1385 at Haddington, East Lothian, in the Kingdom of Scotl ...

to have fallen out with the brothers of St Andrews and consequently to have resigned his post as prior.MacQueen, MacQueen and Watt, ''Scotichronicon'', vol. 3, p. 419 Subsequently, Simon became

Prior of Loch Leven The Prior of Loch Leven was the head of lands and of the community Augustinian canons of St Serf's Inch Priory, Loch Leven (a.k.a. Portmoak Priory). There was a Scottish ''Céli Dé'' (or Culdee) establishment there in the first half of the 12t ...

. This probably happened c. 1225.

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lay on

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, an island in Loch Leven in Fothriff, and was subordinate to St Andrews Cathedral Priory. It is unclear how long Simon lived afterward, but his successor appears in the sources for the first time in 1235, indicating that Simon probably died before this year.Watt and Shead, ''Heads of Religious Houses'', pp. 139–40 Bower described Simon as "a man of honourable life and praiseworthy behaviour".

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