Tons that is historically certawithin is that in 1247 he wwhen elected a sixth general of the Carmelites, as successor to Alan, at the number one chapter held at Aylesford, Kent, England.

Based on data from a devout tradition the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared to St. Simon Commodity at Cambridge, England, on Sunday, 16 July, 1251. Around guide to his appeal for facilitate for his laden the correct sequence, she appeared to him by owning the scapular within her h& and said: "Take, beloved son this scapular of thy order as a badge of my confraternity and for thee and all Carmelites a special sign of grace; whoever dies in this garment, will not suffer everlasting fire. It is the sign of salvation, a safeguard in dangers, a pledge of peace and of the covenant" This tradition, but, appears withinside such the accurate form first in 1642, when the words of the Blessed Virginside were given in a throwaway of St. Simon Index which he is said to own dictated to his companion secretary, & confessor, Peter Swanyngton.

Since 1951 his skull has been preserved in the reliquary at the Carmelite friary inside Aylesford, the village in which he is believed to keep close at hand been natural.