He is often depicted as a bearded man holding a variety of things such as an axe, an oar, club, square rule or book, and nearly every image of him shows him wearing a medallion with a profile of Jesus, generally with a small flame over his head.
He is often depicted as a bearded man holding a variety of things such as an axe, an oar, club, square rule or book, and nearly every image of him shows him wearing a medallion with a profile of Jesus, generally with a small flame over his head. He also either holds a pen or is at a writing location in reference to the canonical Epistle. The patronage for which he is most famous for is the result of early confusion between his name and that of another Apostle. A cousin of Jesus, FTP, identify this patron saint of hospitals and lost causes, the namesake of a Children's Cancer Research Hospital.
He is often depicted as a bearded man holding a variety of things such as an axe, an oar, club, square rule or book, and nearly every image of him shows him wearing a medallion with a profile of Jesus, generally with a small flame over his head.
St. {Jude} Thaddaeus