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'''St. Simon the Shoemaker''' (10th century A.D.), also known as '''Simon the Tanner''' ('''Sama'an el-Dabbagh''' in Arabic), is the Coptic Orthodox saint associated with the great miracle of moving the Mokattam Mountain in Cairo, Egypt, during the ruling of the Muslim Fatimid Caliph Al Muizz.
== Who Is St. Simon the Tanner ==
This profession involved also other crafts that depend on the process, from where he carried several titles related to skins; Saint Simon the Tanner, the Cobbler, the Shoemaker.
The Caliph Al Muizz was used to inviting different religious leaders to debate in his presence. In one of those meetings in which Pope Abraam and a Jew named Jacob Ibn Killis were present, the Pope got the upper hand in the debate. Plotting to take revenge, Ibn Killis quoted the verse where the Lord, Jesus Christ, said in Matthew 17:20: '''"''If you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to the mountain, Move from here to there, and it will move, nothing will be impossible for you''"''' and demanded him to prove that his religion is right by means of this.
The Caliph saw in this a unique opportunity and asked Pope Abraam to move the Mokattam Mountain. If they proved unable to do so, it would be the proof that the religion of the Christians was wrong and the Caliph would be done away with them completely.
