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Jude the Apostle

"Judas Thaddaeus"
Jude, also known as Judas
Thaddaeus
one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus

variously called: Jude of James, Jude


Thaddaeus, Judas
Thaddaeus or Lebbaeus, Jude the
brother of Jesus

after early translators of the New


Testament from Greek into English sought
to distinguish him from Judas Iscariot and
subsequently abbreviated his forename and
be known as Jude.
BIOGRAPHY
BORN: 1st century AD
Galilee, Roman
Empire
DIED: 1st century AD
Persia,
or Ararat, Armenia
(because he was
murdered)
VENERATED IN:
Eastern Orthodox
Churches,
Roman Catholic Church,
Eastern Catholic
Churches,
MAJOR SHRINES:

• St. Thaddeus
Armenian Monastery,
Northern Iran

• Saint Peter's, Rome

FEAST:

•28 October (Western


Christianity)

•19 June (Eastern


Christianity)

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