Remembering Simon the Cyrene, who carried the cross for Jesus on his way to Calvary Rev. Samuel Hale Jr. Springfield State Journal- Register ...

Nothing else is specifically said about Simon the Cyrene. Whatever his life had been about, he now is personally involved in the Death of Jesus.

The painting corresponds to the seventh station: Jesus falls a second time. We can see St. Simon of Cyrene behind Jesus, holding the cross from falling atop Jesus.

Simon the Cyrene! A man from that far away African country of Cyrenaica -- a noted seaport country on the southern coast of the Mediterranean Sea. What brought him there was unknown. But we do not ...