Saint jude thaddeus app for android description: Legend has it that st.
Jude was born into a jewish family inpaneas 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 probably meaning a cousin since the hebrew word for brethren indicates a blood relationship.
His mother mary was referred to as a cousin of jesus 39 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 generous and kind.
Jude was then called to be one of jesus 12 apostles and began preaching the good news of jesus to jews throughout galilee samaria and judea.
St.
Jude was a true internationalist traveling throughout mesopotamia libya turkey and persia with st.
Simon preaching and converting many people to christianity.
He was credited with helping the early creation of the armenian church and other places beyond the borders of the roman empire.
Around the year 60 a.
D.
St.
Jude wrote a gospel letter to recent christian converts in eastern churches who were under persecution.
In it he warned them against the pseudo teachers of the day who were spreading false ideas about the early christian faith.
He encouraged them to persevere in the face of the harsh difficult circumstances they were in just as their forefathers had done before them.
He exhorted them to keep their faith and to stay in the love of god as they had been taught.
His inspirational support of these early believers led to him becoming the patron saint of desperate cases.
He is believed to have been martyred in persia or syria around 65 a.
D.
The axe or club that he is often sh
