Jude the Apostle (12-77 AD), also known as Jude Thaddeus, was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus and Patriarch of the East from 70 to 77, succeeding Bartholomew the Apostle and preceding Aggai.
Biography[]
Jude was born in Paneas, Galilee, and Jude and Thomas travelled to join Jesus and his Twelve Apostles as they spread their ministry. Jude preached the gospel in Judea, Samaria, Idumaea, Syria, Mesopotamia, and Libya, and he spoke Greek and Aramaic. Jude and Bartholomew were the first people to bring Christianity to Armenia; interestingly, he was also a vegetarian. In 77 AD, Jude was martyred by being behaeded with an axe.
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Thaddeus as an apostle