Simon the Zealot

(unknown artist, 17th cent.) (link)

Feast Day October 28

Patron of Tanners, Sawyers, Curriers

Situations Courage, Zeal for Faith

Professions Lumberjacks, Sawyers, Tanners

Saint Simon the Zealot was one of the twelve apostles. Called “the Zealot” or “the Canaanite” to distinguish him from Simon Peter, he may have belonged to the Jewish Zealot movement before following Christ. Tradition holds that he preached in Egypt, Libya, and Persia, where he was martyred together with the apostle Jude.