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St Jude (6)
(1st century)

Other names: Thaddeus, Judas, Lebbeus

Biographical

Jude is mentioned as one of the twelve apostles only by Luke. Jude was the son of James (4), and a fisherman by trade. He was called Judas by Luke, and Thaddeus by Mark and Matthew. All four Gospels refer to him as 'Judas, not Iscariot'. Early Christian tradition made Jude the son of James (2), and related to Jesus. Early chronicles had him martyred in Persia as he was preaching the Gospel, but those accounts are unreliable. Catholic tradition identifies him with Judas (5), the author of the Epistle of Jude. He is the patron saint of desperate situations; forgotten, hopeless, lost and impossible causes; hospital workers; hospitals.

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