Apostle
Thaddeus
Apostle1 tradition
Jude Thaddeus, brother of James, is honored as the patron of desperate causes and lost hope. Tradition says he preached in Mesopotamia and Persia with Simon.
Uses
- Hope in hard situations
- Perseverance
- Prayer for lost causes
- Feast day
- October 28, with Simon
- Sign (Agrippa)
- Taurus
- Tribe on the same sign
- Reuben
- Angel of the sign
- Asmodel
Working with it
On his feast day (October 28, with Simon), light a candle and read a passage about Thaddeus. Ask for the gift he stands for.
Where the traditions place it
- Taurus — Agrippa