The Saints: St. Simon and St. Jude

First Century/ Feast - Oct. 28

Legend had these two of the Twelve Apostles dying as martyrs in Persia. Nothing is known about them for sure. Simon may have been called “the zealot” for dedication to Christ or membership in the Zealot Party, and he reportedly also evangelized in Egypt. Jude also was called Thaddeus and “Judas, not Iscariot” in the Gospels and was said to have preached in Osroene (now Iraq) and Armenia. It is unlikely this popular saint of impossible causes wrote the New Testament Letter of Jude.