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Mexico City is the main center of veneration to Judas Thaddaeus, with thousands of small street shrines, especially in older, lower-class neighborhoods such as Colonia Obrera. [3] [5] However, other areas with significant numbers of devotees include Michoacán, the State of Mexico, Puebla, Nuevo León and Baja California.
In most Bibles in languages other than English and French, Jude and Judas are referred to by the same name. Aside from Judas Iscariot, the New Testament mentions Jude or Judas six times, in four different contexts: "Jude of James", one of the twelve apostles (Luke 6:16 and Acts 1:13); "Judas, (not Judas Iscariot)", apparently an apostle ;
It is the ninth largest statue in Mexico, [4] and the largest statue of Jude Thaddaeus in the world. [1] The statue was selected by the people of Badiraguato, who chose the statue of Judas Thaddaeus over depictions of the Virgin Mary and Jesus Christ. [1] The monument was donated by an unnamed individual. [3] [2]
In the early church, St. Jude was occasionally confused with Judas Iscariot, the apostle who betrayed Jesus, since their names are the same in Greek and Latin. He is also called Thaddeus in the ...
Like many towns in Mexico, the name of the patron saint of the town was added to the name – in this case, that of Judas Thaddaeus – and it became Villa de San Judas Tadeo de Villa Gutierre del Águila. However, since it was the last town founded in that area of Zacatecas, it was called Villa Nueva (new town), and that is the name that stuck.
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