St. Thomas the Apostle (JMAS 12) Notebook

Note Well: You can rearrange the layers, hide, or delete the quadruple image on the back to reveal a single large one. + St. Thomas the Apostle, also called Didymus (the "twin"), was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus Christ according to the New Testament. After initially doubting the Resurrection until he touched Christ's wounds for himself, St. Thomas went on to evangelise Parthia, Persia, and India with missionary zeal. Here, he holds a spear. According to tradition, St. Thomas was stabbed to death with a spear c.72 while praying on a hill in Mylapur, India. He was buried nearby. + Image Credit (JMAS 12): Antique image of St. Thomas the Apostle from a late 19th century devotional print in chromolithography with gilt accents originally published by Josef Müller, Art Publisher, Munich, Germany, from the designer's private collection of religious ephemera. The image is one of twelve in the publisher’s Apostle Series (No. 12155). + Feast: July 3