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Simeon was born in 864 or 865, as the third son of Knyaz Boris I of Krum's dynasty . Knyaz Boris sent Simeon to the leading University of Constantinople to receive theological education when he was thirteen or fourteen.
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Around 888, Simeon returned to Bulgaria and settled at the newly established royal monastery of Preslav , where under the guidance of Naum of Preslav, he engaged in active translation of important religious works from Greek to Old Bulgarian ( Old Church Slavonic), aided by other students from Constantinople
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“ For who could have anticipated that Simeon, who for his great wisdom, for the favour shown him by heaven, has led the Bulgarian nation to a height of glory, who more than any man detests knavery, who honours justice, who abominates injustice, who is above all sensual pleasures… ”
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Simeon was appointed as the new ruler in 893. He continued his father Boris' policy of establishing and spreading Slavic culture and attracting noted scholars and writers within Bulgaria's borders. The disciples of Cyril and Methodius / the two brothers, who created the Bulgarian alphabet which was later spread among other Slavic people/ , among whom Clement of Ohrid, Naum and Constantine of Preslav, continued their educational work in Bulgaria . From Nicholas Mystikos’ letters to Simeon
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During his reign, Bulgaria spread over a territory between the Aegean, the Adriatic and the Black Sea, and the new Bulgarian capital Preslav was said to rival Constantinople.
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The newly independent Bulgarian Orthodox Church became the first new patriarchate besides the Pentarchy, and Bulgarian Glagolitic translations of Christian texts spread all over the Slavic world of the time. Halfway through his reign, Simeon assumed the title of Emperor ( Tsar ), having prior to that been styled Prince ( Knyaz ).