MURAL OF JESUS CHRIST AND THE APOSTLES
Apostles on the right

photo - St. Peter Cathedral collection
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OHN wrote the fourth gospel and the Book of Revelation. He holds his book and chalice with a viper in it, which commemorates an event at Ephesus: a high priest of Diana challenged him to drink a cup of poison.

PHILLIP, an early disciple of Jesus, carries a cross, on which he is believed to have suffered.

The patron saint of tanners, BARTHOLOMEW carries a flaying knife, the instrument which is associated with his own death.

Called Didymus, the twin, THOMAS is remembered as the apostle who refused to believe in the Resurrection unless he touched the wounds of the Risen Christ. Legend says he built a temple in India. Thus, he is the patron saint of architects and carries a builder's T -square.

JUDE, also identified as Thaddaeus, is often considered the "patron of hopeless cases." It is said that people at one time hesitated to invoke him because his name so closely resembles that of Judas, who betrayed the Lord. The halberd is regarded as the instrument of his martyrdom.