When was st jude born and died

St jude spiritual meaning
Interesting facts about saint jude
St jude feast day

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Our Saint Jude

Brief Biography

After the death and resurrection of Jesus, Saint Jude, the brother of James the Less and a cousin of Christ, traveled throughout Mesopotamia for a period of ten years, preaching and converting many to Christianity.

He died a martyr’s death — as tradition tells us, he was clubbed to death and his head was then shattered with a broad ax. Sometime after his death, Jude’s body was brought to Rome and placed in a crypt in Saint Peter’s Basilica.

Few things tell more about a man than the way in which a man speaks of himself. Few things are more revealing than the titles by which a man wishes to be known. Saint Jude identifies himself in his epistle in two ways: (1) “SERVANT OF JESUS CHRIST”,and (2) “BROTHER OF JAMES”.

1) Servant of Jesus Christ

Saint Jude regarded himself as having one goal, one distinction in life, and this was to be permanently committed to the service of Jesus Christ. This permanent commitment ultimately rewarded Jude with the crown of martyrdom.

When Jude introduces himself, he also addresses himself to his fellow Christia

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Patron Saint

The tradition of devotion to St. Jude goes beyond a simple Bible story; in fact, it is a reflection of the ability of ordinary people to call upon their powerful faith to triumph over seemingly impossible odds in their daily lives.

Legend has it that St. Jude was born into a Jewish family in Paneas, a town in the Galilee portion of ancient Palestine, the same region that Jesus grew up in. He probably spoke Greek and Aramaic, like many of his contemporaries in that area, and he was a farmer (as many of his family were) by trade.

Jude was described by St. Matthew (13:55) as being one of the “brethren” of Jesus (the Hebrew word for “brethren” indicates a blood relationship of some sort). Jude’s mother, Mary, was referred to as a cousin of Jesus’ mother Mary, while his father, Cleophas, was the brother of St. Joseph. Jude had several brothers, including St. James, who was another of the original Apostles. His own first name, “Jude”, means giver of joy, while “Thaddeus”, another name he was called, means genero

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Who is Saint Jude?

A brief introduction to Saint Jude

Saint Jude was one of the Twelve Apostles appointed by Jesus to lead his Church.

In the list of the Apostles given in the Gospel accounts he is generally identified with "Thaddeus", and is variously known as Jude Thaddaeus, Judas Thaddaeus, Jude (brother or son) of James (Luke 6:16; Acts 1:13), or Lebbaeus. He is sometimes identified with Jude, referred to in the Bible as "brother" or "kinsman" of Jesus (Luke 6:16; Mark 6:3; Matthew 13:55-57). Some Latin manuscripts of Matthew 10:3 refer to him as Judas the Zealot.

For many centuries he was wrongly confused with Judas Iscariot, the disciple who betrayed Jesus. The Gospel of John refers to a disciple called "Judas not Iscariot" (John 14:22). He is also not to be confused with "Thaddeus of Edessa", one of the seventy disciples sent out by Jesus to proclaim the Kingdom of God.

The Letter or Epistle of Saint Jude in the Bible is usually attributed to the Apostle Jude, and though a short text it is a beautiful piece of Holy Scripture (read it here).