Simeon the God-Receiver?

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I can’t seem to find any catholic resource online of what any (if there are) St Simeon (the one in the temple that received the Messiah) is the patron saint of?
 
The Latin Church, especially after Vatican II, doesn’t really venerate the pre-Christ saints. Even the pre-Christ saints the Latin Church did venerate prior to Vatican II (e.g. the Maccabean woman and her sons), they didn’t seem to commonly have patronages apart from localities.
 
But, Simeon did hold the baby Jesus and was first to publicly announce …

I could see him being canonized. Was he not? St. Mary Magdalen, St. John the Baptist…
 
petra22 said:
I could see him being canonized. Was he not?
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As I said above, he is a saint. However, the pre-(adult) Christ are not regularly venerated in the Latin Church anymore on the level of common practice. It’s still permissible and even commendable but just uncommon. Likewise, the pre-(adult) Christ saints are generally not given a patronage other than a local (or something very particular to their life, like David being the patron of musicians and poets).
 
petra22 said:
But, Simeon did hold the baby Jesus and was first to publicly announce …

I could see him being canonized. Was he not? St. Mary Magdalen, St. John the Baptist…
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None of them were canonized, albeit that does not mean they are not saints.
Canonization only started just over 1000 years ago.
 
The Roman Martyrology contains several OT Saints:
… the prophet Habakkuk (Jan. 15); Isaiah (July 6); Daniel and Elias/Elijah (July 20 and 21); the seven Maccabees and their mother (Aug. 17); Abraham (Oct. 9); and King David (Dec. 29).
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The Carmelite Order also celebrates SS Elijah and Elisha on its particular calendar.
 
drforjc said:
The Roman Martyrology contains several OT Saints:

The Carmelite Order also celebrates SS Elijah and Elisha on its particular calendar.
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I believe the Carmelites actually celebrate the feast of St Elijah as a solemnity.
Sts Adam and Eve, our first parents, are commemorated on December 24 (they may have committed the primordial sin, but Our Lord raised them out of Hades and into heavenly glory when he descended into hell after the cross).
 
twf said:
I believe the Carmelites actually celebrate the feast of St Elijah as a solemnity.
Sts Adam and Eve, our first parents, are commemorated on December 24 (they may have committed the primordial sin, but Our Lord raised them out of Hades and into heavenly glory when he descended into hell after the cross).
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In O. Carm St. Elijah is indeed celebrated as a solemnity. In O.C.D. it is a Feast. Both on July 20th.

O. Carm celebrates St. Elisha as an obligatory memorial on June 14th.
 
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