feast day: October 28
about St. Simon:
- born in Cana/Canaan
- died ~65 or ~107
- feast day = May 10 (Eastern Christianity), October 28 (Western Christianity), November 5 (Coptic Orthodoxy)
- attributes = boat; cross and saw; fish (or two fishes); lance; man being sawn in two longitudinally; oar
- patronage = curriers; sawyers; tanners
- was one of the original followers of Christ
- preached in Egypt and then went to Persia with St. Jude where both suffered martyrdom
about St. Jude:
- born 1st century AD (Galilee, Judea, Roman Empire)
- died 1st century AD (Persia)
- feast day = October 28 (Western Christianity), June 19 (Eastern Christianity)
- attributes = axe, club, boat, oar, medallion
- patron of = desperate situations and hopeless cases
- known as Thaddaeus, was a brother of St. James the Less, and a relative of Our Saviour
- was one of the 12 apostles of Jesus
- according to ancient writers, he preached the Gospel in Judea, Samaria, Idumaea, Syria, Mesopotamia, and Lybia
- according to Eusebius, he returned to Jerusalem in the year 62, and assisted at the election of his brother, St. Simeon, as Bishop of Jerusalem
- an author of an epistle (letter) to the Churches of the East, particularly the Jewish converts, directed against the heresies of the Simonians, Nicolaites, and Gnostics
- was the one who asked Jesus at the Last Supper why He would not manifest Himself to the whole world after His resurrection
- is invoked in desperate situations because his New Testament letter stresses that the faithful should persevere in the environment of harsh, difficult circumstances, just as their forefathers had done before them
links/ sources:
- "Simon the Zealot" (source: Wikipedia):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_the_Zealot
- "St. Simon the Zealot" (source:Catholic Online):
http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=241
- "St. Simon the Apostle" (source: Catholic Encyclopedia):
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13796b.htm
- "Jude the Apostle" (source: Wikipedia):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jude_the_Apostle
- "St. Jude Thaddeus" (source: Catholic Online):
http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=127
- "St. Jude Novena" (source: EWTN):
https://www.ewtn.com/Devotionals/novena/jude.htm
- "St. Jude - About His Life" (source: The St. Jude Novena Site):
http://www.stjudenovena.org/stjude.html
- "Epistle of St. Jude" (source: Catholic Encyclopedia):
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08542b.htm
