Yes, they were all friends of Peter. Some he knew well before they were apostles, some he did not know previously.
Of the original 12 apostles, Judas, who betrayed Our Lord, is not a saint. All the other apostles are considered as saints.
No, Judas who betrayed Our Lord is not a saint. All the other apostles are considered saints.
If you are referring to the Apostles, James and John, and not two of the hundreds of other saints by those names, then Saint James was older. John was the youngest of the Apostles and was probably in his late teens or early 20s at the time.
Saint Thomas the Apostle was a fisherman, like most of the other Apostles.
There are a number of saints named James so you need to be specific.
That saint is typically depicted as Saint Peter, who was one of Jesus's twelve apostles and is considered the first pope of the Catholic Church. The keys to the kingdom of heaven are also often associated with him in iconography.
The eleven other apostles did not start any other churches. They all became bishops of the Catholic Church. Also, Saint Peter did not start the Catholic Church. Christ appointed him the head of the Church that He- Christ- started.
The patron saints for impossible (hopeless) causes are: Jude Thaddeus Gregory Thaumaturgus Philomena Rita of Cascia
Peter was chosen by Christ as the leader of His apostles and His church (see Gospel according to Matthew, Ch 16, V 18). Tradition has each Pope as the successor of Saint Peter, as the other Bishops, Archbishops and Cardinals are successors of the Apostles. So, each Pope assumes the role of Saint Peter as leader of the Church. St. Peter's is built over the necropolis (city of the dead, or cemetery), where the bones of Saint Peter were buried after he was crucified on Vatican Hill. So, the Church really is built upon Saint Peter, just as Christ had said.
They normally take the name of a saint that has something in common with the monk. It is suggested by the monk and the abbot is the final one who agrees or disagrees. The saint they chose are usually limited to the apostles and other big saints and the saints associated with that order.
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Whenever Our Lord visited the town of Bethany, where Martha live, he would stay in her home and Martha would cook for him and the apostles. Besides Martha, there are other patron saints of cooks or cooking: St. Lawrence of Rome St. Macarius the Younger St. Pascal Baylon