28 October | Feast of Saints Simon and Jude, Apostles Saints Simon the Zealot and Jude Thaddeus, two of Jesus’s twelve apostles, are commemorated together on October 28 for their missionary zeal and martyrdom. Though little is known from Scripture, tradition remembers them as faithful evangelizers and powerful intercessors for difficult causes. Simon, called “the Zealot,” spread the Gospel in places such as Egypt and Persia and was martyred by being sawed in half. He is the patron of sawmen and