Saint jude thaddeus Android App

The description of Saint jude thaddeus: 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..