Samson in rabbinic literature x. 13), was a member of that clan (comp. I Chronicles iv. 3). The name "Samson" is derived from "shemesh" ("sun"), so that Samson bore the name of God, who is also "a sun and shield" (Psalm lxxxiv. 12 [A. V. 11]); and as God protected Israel, so did Samson watch over it in his generation, judging the people even as did God. Samson's strength was divinely derived (Sotah 10a); and he further resembled God in requiring neither aid nor help (Genesis Rabba xcviii. 18). In the blessings which Jacob pronounced on the tribe of Dan (Genesis xlix. 16-17) he
Samson of Dol he deposited at his monastery at Milton Abbas in Dorset. In the 2004 edition of the Roman Martyrology, Samson is listed under 28 July with the Latin name "Samsónis". He is mentioned as follows: 'At Dol in Brittany (died) Samson, abbot and bishop, who having learned the Gospel and monastic discipline in Wales from Illtud, spread these in Domnonia.' He does not appear in the current Roman Catholic liturgical calendar of saints celebrated annually in Wales. Samson of Dol Saint Samson of Dol (also Samsun; born late 5th century) was a Christian religious figure who is counted among the seven