Tradition and legend provide enough information to construct a basic profile of this enigmatic disciple, though the ...

On Oct. 28, the Western church celebrates the feast day of one of the more obscure and lesser-known apostles: St. Simon. The name Simon comes from the Hebrew “Shimon,” which essentially means ...

Simon and Jude, early followers of Christ who according to tradition both died as martyrs while spreading the faith together in Persia. The apostle Jude, who is also identified in the Gospels by ...