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Saint Jude Thaddeus was closely associated with our Lord by blood relationship through Saints Joachim and Anne, the parents of the Blessed Virgin. A grand-nephew of these two saints, he is at once a nephew of Mary and Joseph, which places him in the relationship of cousin of our Lord. Jude is the brother of the Apostle James the Less. He had two other brothers, whom the Gospel calls “brethren” of Jesus. When our Lord came back from Judea to Nazareth, he began to teach in the synagogue.
