This book is an exploration of the post-New Testament figure of Simon Magus spanning the patristic era, Middle Ages, and the early modern period as found in art, vernacular literatures, heresiologies, theological texts, hagiographies and homilies.

Introduction 1. Simon Magus: The Patristic-Medieval Traditions and Historiography 2. Ten Years of Editions and Publications on New Testament Apocrypha 3. Typological Portraits of Simon Magus in Anti-Gnostic Sources 4. Simon Peter and Simon Magus in the Acts of Peter and the Passion of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul 5. Jerome's Polemic against Priscillian in his Letter to Ctesiphon (133,4) 6. Priscillian and Nicolaitism 7. Simon Magus and Priscillian in the Commonitorium of Vincent of Lerins 8. The Fall of Simon Magus in Early Christian Commentary 9. Simon Magus, Dogs, and Simon Peter 10. Simon Magus and Simon Peter in Medieval Irish and English Legends 11. Simon Magus, Nicolas of Antioch, and Muhammad 12. Vincent Ferrer's Beati Petri Apostoli: Canonical and Apocryphal Sources in Popular Vernacular Preaching 13. Pope Clement I, Martin of Tours and Simon Magus in the Cathedral of Leon, Spain 14. Simon Magus and Simon Peter in a Baroque Altar Relief in the Cathedral of Oviedo, Spain 15. Artistic Representations of Simon Magus and Simon Peter in the Princeton Index of Christian Art: With Up-to-Date Inventory and Bibliography Bibliography Modern Author Index Subject Index