Jude Thaddeus wrote a letter to the universal church against “false teachers who claim to be believers and…cause divisions” among the people of God. also cited how Saint Bernard had visions from God to accept Jude as Saint of Impossible. Jesus, likewise, inspired devotion to Saint Jude when He appeared in a vision to Saint Bridget of Sweden and said: “His surname, Thaddeus, means ‘amiable’ or ‘loving,’ He will show himself most willing to give help.” The web site. Cured he was, and this was one of Saint Jude’s miracles to spread God’s word. King Abagar of Edessa, desiring to be cured of his leprosy, sent an artist to draw Jesus for him with the hope that the portrait can make him well. The image of Jesus on a cloth carried by Jude on his hand was alleged to have been given by Jesus to him after the Savior has pressed his face on the cloth. Jude preached in Syria, Libya, Judea, Samaria and also evangelized in Egypt and Mauritania. Matthew and Mark preferred to call him Thaddeus, which means courageous in Aramaic. His original name was Judas, but it was changed to Jude by the early writers who translated the New Testament from Greek to English to distinguish him from Judas Iscariot. Saint James, the Less, another apostle of Jesus, is his brother. Jude (Yehodhad), whose name means “God be praised,” is the son of Alphaeus and Clopas, the cousin of the Blessed Mother. Not even death separated them their remains were both in Saint Peter’s Basilica under the main altar of Saint Joseph. However, in Luke 6:15 and Acts 1:13, Simon the Patriot was 10th and Jude, called James, son of Alphaeus, is 11th.īoth were honored by the Eastern Church and Western Christianity and were martyred in Persia. In Matthew 10:3 and Mark 3:18 Jude Thaddeus was listed as the 10th apostle and Simon the Zealot was 11th.
They, too, must have listened to the teachings of Jesus, side by side, so in the listing of apostles in the New Testament, their names always followed each other. Both apostles preached the words of God in Persia. Seemingly, the togetherness of Saints Simon the Zealot and Jude Thaddeus had been destined.
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