Saint-Jude Theme Pages

One of the apostles of Jesus, sometimes called Thaddaeus, and sometimes thought to be James the brother of Jesus. He is often depicted with a carpenters rule, or a club. Also he is shown carrying the image of Christ as Thaddaeus is supposed to have been the apostle sent to King Abgar who had received the Image of Edessa.

See "The Golden Legend" for the medieval life of St Jude.

The right lancet of w.210 contains Saint Thaddeus (Jude), the apostle traditionally invoked in difficult causes. He is shown with a green mantle over ochre tunic, a palette echoing the cool–warm chromatic balance found throughout the south clerestory. Like the others, he holds a book of doctrine, presenting himself not as miracle-worker but as apostolic teacher.

Thaddeus’ features are sharply delineated, with angular jawline, pronounced cheekbones, and crisply painted beard curls, typical of early 13th-century French glass painting in the Loire region.

Medieval stained glass depicting six of the twelve apostles at Great Malvern Priory.

From left to right are St Bartholomew, Simon the Zealot, St Jude, St Paul, St James, and St Matthew.

This stained-glass lancet shows St Jude (Thaddeus), one of the Twelve Apostles, and forms part of the late medieval glazing of the north transept at Évreux Cathedral. Dating from c.1490–1515, the window belongs to the final phase of the cathedral’s pre-Reformation glass and reflects the workshop traditions of Normandy at the turn of the 16th century.

This 1698 low relief sculpture, depicts the martyrdom of Saints Jude and Simon the Zealot. It is by Giuseppe Piamontini, and can be found in the church of San Gaetano, Florence.

These four Victorian stained glass panels, by Clayton and Bell, are in the quire clerestory of Gloucester cathedral. The panels show four of the disciples St Philip, St Bartholomew, Simon the Zealot, and St Jude.