What is Jude the Apostle?
{{Infobox Saint |name=Jude the Apostle |birth_date=1st century [[AD]] |death_date=1st century [[AD]] |feast_day=[[October 28]] ([[Western Christianity]])<br />[[June 19]] ([[Eastern Christianity]]) |venerated_in=[[Roman Catholic Church]], [[Eastern Orthodox Churches]], [[Eastern Catholic Churches]], [[Coptic Church]], [[Anglican Communion]] |image=(Albi) Saint Jude Thaddée 1620 - Georges de La Tour Inv.166.jpg |imagesize= |caption=A painting called ''Saint Jude Thaddeus'' <small>by [[Georges de La Tour]]. c. 1615-1620</small> |birth_place=[[Galilee]], [[Palestine]] |death_place=[[Beirut]], [[Lebanon]] |titles= |beatified_date= |beatified_place= |beatified_by= |canonized_date=[[Pre-congregation]] |canonized_place= |canonized_by= |attributes=Axe, club, boat, oar, medallion |patronage=[[Armenia]], lost causes, desperate situations, hospitals, [[St. Petersburg, Florida]], Cotta [[Lucena City]] [[Quezon]], the [[Chicago Police Department]], [[Clube de Regatas do Flamengo]] from [[Rio de Janeiro, Brazil]]. |major_shrine=[[Saint Peter's Basilica]], [[Rome]], [[Rheims]], [[Toulouse, France]] |suppressed_date= |issues= }} Saint '''Jude the Apostle''' was a brother of [[Jesus]]. He was also called '''Jude of James''' and '''Jude Thaddeus'''. He is the [[patron saint]] of [[Armenia]], along with [[Bartholomew the Apostle|Saint Bartholemew]]. He is also the patron saint of lost causes and desperate situations. St. Jude was [[martyr]]ed (killed for his beliefs) with another apostle, [[Simon the Zealot]] in [[Beirut]], [[Lebanon]], around AD 66 by an axe. <ref>{{Cite web|title=The Saint Jude Site|url=http://stjudenovena.us|access-date=2025-01-03}}</ref> In the [[Roman Catholic]] church, Jude and Simon's [[feast day]] is celebrated on 29 October. == References == {{reflist}} {{New Testament people}} {{religion-stub}} [[Category:Early Christian saints]] [[Category:Twelve Apostles]] [[Category:1st-century births]] [[Category:1st-century deaths]]