Judas

Judas, or Jude, “one of the twelve apostles, carefully distinguished by the evangelists from Judas Iscariot; called also Lebbaeus and Thaddaeus. (Matt. x. 3; Mark iii. 18; Luke vi. 16; John xiv. 22; Acts i. 13.) His surnames, Lebbaeus and Thaddaeus, mean the same thing. We know nothing about his history before or after his connection with Jesus.” — Sieffert. Tradition is contradictory. According to Abdias he preached in Persia, and was martyred there, while Nicephorus says he died a natural death at Edessa.