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In later tradition, Simon is often associated with Jude the Apostle as an evangelizing team; in Western Christianity, they share their feast day on 28 October. The most widespread tradition is that after evangelizing in Egypt, Simon joined Jude in Persia and Armenia or Beirut in today's Lebanon, where both were martyred in
Santi Simone e Giuda (Saints Simon and Jude) is a church in Florence, situated on the Piazza San Simone in an area of narrow streets between the Piazza Santa Croce and the Piazza della Signoria. The present structure dates from 1243 but underwent a major renovation designed by Gherardo Silvani in 1630.
There is the window of Saint Simon Stock, a Kentish man who became Prior General of the Order in the 1250s and who died in Bordeaux, France, in 1265. [8] The other windows are of Saint Brocard, the prophet Elisha and the prophet Elijah. [9] The statue of the Apostle Jude in the inner shrine beyond the Shrine Chapel.
Only after the middle of the 16th century was it dedicated to the Apostles Simon and Jude, but the name is older, since it was added in the mid-15th century to that of the Virgin Mary. [5] During the 17th and 18th centuries the church was a parish and was restored in 1720 by Pope Clement XI Albani (r. 1700–21). [5]
The National Shrine of Saint Jude at Faversham in England was founded in 1955. [53] There is also a shrine of St. Jude built by the Dominicans (Order of Preachers) in Lagos, Nigeria. [54] The cathedral of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Phoenix, Arizona is the Cathedral of Saints Simon and Jude .
Judas Thaddaeus, commonly known as Saint Jude (or San Judas Tadeo in Spanish), was one of the Twelve Apostles. A relative of Jesus, he was one of his first followers and after Christ's death, became an evangelizer. [1] [2] He was martyred along with Simon the Zealot, by decapitation with a hatchet. [1]
[a] The Apology of the Augsburg Confession states that the remembrance of the saints has three parts: thanksgiving to God, the strengthening our faith, and the imitation of the saints' holy living. [b] [3] As a result, the Lutheran reformers retained a robust calendar of saints to be commemorated throughout the year.
As in all the Ellis foundations, at Sts Simon and Jude there is a monthly Mass 'For all who have ever worshipped in this church'. The church, designed by Clement Jackson, was opened in 1905 as the Tulse Hill Mission and Father (later Canon) Rory Fletcher, a former surgeon at Charing Cross Hospital, was appointed as the first Mission Priest.