Feast
Saints Simon and Jude, Apostles
- Feast day
- October 28
- Patron of
- lost causes
- Origin
- Palestinian
Life
Simon the Zealot and Jude (also called Thaddaeus) were two of the Twelve Apostles. Tradition holds they preached together in Persia, where they were martyred. Jude is invoked as the patron of lost causes.
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