SAINT JUDE

BY: CASSIE FOSTER

About Saint Jude:
◦ Patron:
◦ Desperate Causes
◦ Desperate Situations
◦ Lost Causes

◦ Feast Day:
◦ October 28

◦ Known as Saint Jude Thaddaeus

Born:
◦ Legend has It that he was born in Paneas into a
Jewish Family

◦ Paneas is a town in  Galilee region of ancient

Palestine.

◦ This is the same region where Jesus grew up in.

Often pictured:
◦ Often pictured holding an image of Christ.

◦ He can be seen holding a carpenter's rule.

◦ Or depicted with a scroll or book.

◦ Often shown in paintings with a flame around his head.

◦ This represents his presence at the Pentecost while

receiving the Holy Spirit among the other apostles.
Important Locations:
◦ After the resurrection and death of Jesus, he traveled to
Mesopotamia.

◦ He spent 10 years here.

◦ Saint Jude would preach and convert many people to Christianity.

◦ Returned to Jerusalem due to the Council of the Apostles

◦ Also, went to Libya and Persia with Saint Simon where other
Christianity converts were formed.
Saint Jude's death:
◦ There was much debate where he died.

◦ Many Biblical scholars acknowledge he was martyred

in either Amenia or Beirut

◦ His bones can be found in the left transept of Saint

Peter's Basilica.
HTTP://WWW.CATHOLIC.ORG/SAINTS/
SAINT.PHP?SAINT_ID=127
2 events that happened in Saint
Jude's life:
◦ United States explore the art of different faiths 
◦ Roman Fort Is the 'First Evidence' of Julius Caesar's Invasions of Britain