A monk, Symeon 2 was the addressee of three letters from Theodoros 15 (Theodore the Stoudite): Theod. Stud., Epp. 21, pp. 54-57; 22, pp. 57-62; 23, pp. 62-63 (all addressed Συμεὼν μονάζοντι). He is also mentioned in five other letters of Theodoros 15: Theod. Stud., Ep. 26, pp. 71-72; 31, pp. 84-88; 43, pp. 124-128; 48, pp. 129-139; 89, p. 210. The letters are all written in 808 or 809 and concern mainly the affair of the oikonomos Ioseph 2. Symeon 2 was in close contact with the emperors (despotai; i.e. Nikephoros 8 and Staurakios 2): Theod. Stud., Ep. 21, 22, 23, 26, 48. He is styled τὴν πατρικὴν ἁγιωσύνην and addressed as πάτερ ἅγιε: Theod. Stud., Ep. 21, p. 55, line 28; 22, p. 57, line 2; 23, p. 62, line 2. He is referred to as ὁ κύριος Συμεὼν or similar: Theod. Stud., Ep. 26, p. 71, line 26; 31, p. 85, line 24. Symeon 2 was a monk and a relation of the emperor Staurakios (Staurakios 2); after Staurakios 2 heard of the proclamation of Michael I (Michael 7) as emperor on 2 October 811, he assumed monastic dress with the help of Symeon 2 (διὰ Συμεὼν μοναχοῦ συγγενοῦς αὐτοῦ): Theoph. AM 6304.

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