October 28
SAINTS SIMON and
JUDEApostles and Martyrs
(† First Century)
http://magnificat.ca/cal/engl/10-28.htmSimon was a simple Galilean, a
brother of Jesus, as the ancients called one’s close relatives — aunts, uncles, first cousins; he was one of the Saviour’s four first cousins, with James the Less, Jude and Joseph, all sons of Mary, the wife of Alpheus, or Cleophas, either name being a derivative of the Aramaic
Chalphai. The latter was the brother of Saint Joseph, according to tradition. …
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