OCTOBER 28 - SAINTS SIMON AND JUDE
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Jude of James
Judas Thaddaeus
Lebbaeus
Jude, brother of Jesus
Lebai Sleeha
Memorial
28 October (Roman Church)
19 June (Eastern Church)
Profile
Son of Cleophas, who died a martyr, and Mary who stood at the foot of the Cross, and who annointed Christ’s body after death. Brother of Saint James the Lesser. Nephew of Mary and Joseph; blood relative of Jesus Christ, and reported to look a lot like him. May have been a fisherman. Apostle.
Wrote the canonical Epistle named for him. Preached in Syria, Mesopotamia, and Persia with Saint Simon. Tradition says that he and Saint Bartholomew were among the first to bring Christianity to Armenia. Jude was known to have the gift of healing, and to serve as an exorcist; he could exorcise pagan idols, which caused the demons to flee them and the statues to crumble.
His patronage of lost or impossible causes traditionally derives from confusion by many early Christians between Jude and the traitor Judas Iscariot; not understanding the difference between the names, they never prayed for Jude’s help, and devotion to him became something of a lost cause.
Died
beaten to death with a club, then beheaded post-mortem in 1st century Persia
relics at Saint Peter’s Basilica, Rome, Italy, at Rheims, France, and at Toulouse, France
Canonized
Pre-Congregation
Name Meaning
sweetness or gentleness of character (Thaddeus)
Patronage
desperate situations
forgotten causes
hospital workers
hospitals
impossible causes
lost causes
Worshipful Company of Shipwrights
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Armenia
Cartigliano, Italy
Saint Petersburg, Florida, diocese of
Prayers
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Representation
axe
bearded man holding an oar
boat
boat hook
book
carpenter’s rule
club
halberd
scroll
square rule
sword
nearly every image depicts him wearing a medallion with a profile of Jesus, and usually with a small flame above his head
often carries a pen or sits at a writing location to make reference to the canonical Epistle
Saint Simon the Apostle
Also known as
Nathanael of Cana
Simon Kananaios
Simon Kananites
Simon the Cananean
Simon the Zealot
Simon Zealotes
Memorial
28 October (Roman Church)
10 May (Coptic Church)
30 June (Orthodox)
Profile
Apostle. Called the Cananean or Zealot because of his zeal for the Jewish law; he was not from Cana, nor a member of the Zealot party. Like all the Apostles, he was a convert, and was trained by Saint Peter the Apostle. Evangelized in Egypt and Mesopotamia, though there are traditions of him being in several other locations. He was a martyr for the faith, but several places claim to have been the site of that, too.
Died
Abyssinians claim he was crucified in Samaria
Lipsius says he was sawn in half at Suanir, Persia
Moses of Chorene writes that he was martyred at Weriosphora in Iberia
many locations claim to have relics including Toulouse, France, and Saint Peter’s Basilica, Rome, Italy
Canonized
Pre-Congregation
Patronage
curriers
sawmen
sawyers
tanners
woodcutters
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Cartigliano, Italy
Marostica, Italy
Monterchi, Italy
Worshipful Company of Shipwrights
Representation
boat
cross and saw
fish
lance
man being sawn in two longitudenally
oar
saw
two fish