St. Jude was one of the 12 apostles. He was the son of Cleophas, who died a martyr, and Mary who stood at the foot of the Cross with the Blessed Virgin, and who anointed Christ's body after death. He is the brother of Saint James the Lesser and a nephew of Mary and Joseph which made him a blood relative of Jesus Christ, and he was reported to have looked a lot like him. Before he joined the apostles he was probably a fisherman. He was beaten to death in Persia and later beheaded.
Jude the Apostle was born in 1st century AD.
Jude was a farmer by trade.
Some traditions say that Jude was a farmer before becoming an apostle.
By begin by saying "Oh Holy St. Jude, Apostle and Martyr..."
Because he followed Jesus.
The bible does not mention it.
No, St. Jude did not write any of the letters in the New Testament. The Epistle of Jude in the New Testament is attributed to Jude, the brother of James, not the apostle St. Jude.
Before he became an apostle, Jude lived in the region of Galilee along the shores of the Sea of Galilee.
The name Jude is of Latin origin, derived from the name Judas, meaning "praised" or "thanks." It is also associated with the apostle Jude in the Bible.
Jude was born a Jew and then joined Our Lord as an apostle. He was one of the bishops in the early Christian church.
The known authors of the general epistles in the New Testament are James, Peter, John, and Jude. James is believed to have been written by James the brother of Jesus, Peter by the apostle Peter, John by the apostle John, and Jude by Jude, a brother of James.
There are a number of saints that are patron saints of hospitals but Saint Jude Thaddeus is the only apostle on the list.