Saints in the Windows of All Saints, Calverton (continued)

ST THOMAS
An Apostle who is remembered for refusing to believe that Jesus had been raised from the dead unless he
actually touched the wounds of the Risen Christ. His confession of faith, though, showed that he never
doubted the Lordship of Jesus Christ, Thomas' confession about Jesus is "My Lord and My God".

ST BARNABAS
An Apostle who introduced Paul to the other Apostles in Jerusalem after Paul's conversion. Barnabas was
not one of the original Twelve. Together with Paul, Barnabas was sent to Antioch and from there joined Paul
in his first missionary journey. He is remembered in the scriptures as being "a good man" and his name
means "son of encouragement".

ST BARTHOLMEW
An Apostle and one of the Twelve. He is also known as Nathaniel in St John's Gospel. Very little is known
Bartholomew, but it is thought that he travelled to India to preach the Gospel.

ST SIMON
An Apostle who also was called the Zealot in the Gospels. He may have been called a Zealot because he
belonged to a strict Jewish religious sect before he became a disciple of Jesus. Zealots were renowned
for their strong opposition to Roman Rule.

ST THADDEUS
An Apostle and Martyr. Also known as Jude in the Gospels. It is believed that he may have travelled with
Simon to Persia, but little is known about him except that he was martyred.

ST PHILIP
St Philip is an Apostle who came from Bethsaida in the Galilee region. He became a disciple of Jesus
probably after following John the Baptist. Philip persuaded Bartholomew to follow Jesus also.

ST MARK
St Mark is one of the four Evangelists (Gospel writers). He too was a companion of St Paul on his
missionary journeys and also travelled with St Peter. Mark travelled with Paul and Barnabas on that first
missionary journey and was martyred sometime later, possibly around AD74 by the Emperor Nero.

ST LUKE
An Evangelist who wrote the third Gospel and also the Acts of the Apostles He was a Greek physician who
became a disciple of of St Paul and travelled with him on his missionary journeys.

ST JOHN THE BAPTIST
He was the forerunner of Jesus and the son of Zachariah, a temple priest, and Elizabeth a cousin of the
Blessed Virgin Mary. John the Baptist was beheaded on the orders of King Herod Antipas, without a trial, to
please his brother's wife, Herodias, and her daughter, Salome. John died around the year AD3O.

ST STEPHEN
Stephen was the first Martyr of the Christian Church. He was a deacon, that is one of the seven men
appointed by the Apostles to look after the welfare of the faithful who were sick, widowed or homeless. He
was stoned to death and the witnesses placed his clothes at the feet of Saul of Tarsus, later to become
St Paul and also to be martyred as a Christian!