Thaddaeus

Name of two Christian saints:

Saint Jude
Thaddaeus of Edessa: one of the Seventy, (or 72), original disciples (besides the Twelve Apostles); according to Eusebius he was sent to Edessa to cure the king Abgar V and founded the Christian church there; he is venerated by the Orthodox churches.

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