Today the Church celebrates the feast of Sts. Simon and Jude
whose names occur together in the Canon of the Mass and are also celebrated on
the same day. Possibly this is because they both preached the Gospel in
Mesopotamia and Persia where it is said they had both been sent, but in actual
fact we know nothing for certain about them beyond what is told us of their
being called as Apostles in the New Testament. St. Jude is the author of a
short Epistle which forms part of the New Testament.
St. Jude
Patron: Desperate situations; forgotten causes; hospital workers; hospitals; impossible causes; lost causes; diocese of Saint Petersburg, Florida.
Patron: Desperate situations; forgotten causes; hospital workers; hospitals; impossible causes; lost causes; diocese of Saint Petersburg, Florida.
Symbols: Bearded man holding an oar, a boat, boat hook, a club, an
axe or a book; nearly every image depicts him wearing a medallion with a
profile of Jesus, and usually with a small flame above his head.
St. Simon
Patron: Curriers; sawmen; sawyers; tanners.
Patron: Curriers; sawmen; sawyers; tanners.
Symbols: Boat; fish; man being sawn in two longitudinally; fish and
book; oar; saw; two fishes; lance; fuller's bat; axe; cross; saw and oar
saltire; fish on a boat hood; sword; shield: red background with two oars and a
hatchet.
