Simon the Sorcerer or Simon the Magician, in Latin Simon Magus, (Greek Σ?μων ? μ?γο?) was a Samaritan magus or religious figure and a convert to Christianity, baptised by Philip the Evangelist, whose later confrontation with Peter is recorded in Acts 8:9–24. The sin of simony, or paying for position and influence in the church, is named for Simon.