deaths

• buried in Cathedral of Saint Andrew, Patras, Greece It is said that after Christ’s ascension

  into Heaven, Andrew carried the gospel to the lands that are now Russia and the Ukraine. Then, in his

  old age, he traveled to Greece, where he was martyred in the town of Patras.


  St. Andrew:
• buried in the Basilica of Benevento, Italy, or Basilica of St. Bartholomew on the Island,

  Rome, Italy.

  St. Bartholomew:
• buried in Santiago de Compostela Cathedral in Santiago de Compostela, Galicia,

  Spain.

  St. James the Great:
• buried in the Cathedral of St. James in Jerusalem. He was executed by sword

  likely beheaded by king Herod. He was revered as the first person who died for Jesus.

  St. James, son of Alphaeus:
• The opening of his tomb (in the Basilica of St. John, Ephesus) during Constantine the

  Great's reign yielded no bones, giving rise to the belief that his body was assumed into heaven. Natural

  death.

  St. John:
• buried in St. Peter's Basilica under the St. Joseph altar with St. Simon the Zealot; two

  bones (relics) located at National Shrine of St. Jude in Chicago; other relics claimed by Reims Cathedral

  and Toulouse Cathedral.

  St. Jude Thaddeus:
• buried in the Salerno Cathedral, Italy.

  St. Matthew:
• buried in the St. Matthias' Abbey in Trier, Germany.


  St. Matthias:
• relics located in the Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls in Rome; the skull located in the

  Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran, alongside the skull of St. Peter. St. Paul was beheaded the same day

  St. Peter was crucified. Constantine didn’t forget St. Paul—he built a basilica over the apostle’s grave on

  the Via Ostia.

  St. Paul:
• buried in St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City, Rome, Italy; the skull located in the Archbasilica of

  Saint John Lateran, alongside the skull of St. Paul. About the year 64, St. Peter was crucified head

  downward in the Circus, or Arena, of Nero on the Vatican Hill. Christians recovered his body and buried

  it in a nearby cemetery. About the year 326 the Emperor Constantine leveled what remained of the

  arena, and the hill, and erected a large basilica with the high altar positioned above St. Peter’s grave.

  St. Peter:
• buried in the Church of the Holy Apostles in Rome or possibly Hierapolis, modern Turkey.


  St. Philip:
• buried in St. Peter's Basilica in Rome under the St. Joseph altar with St. Jude.

  St. Simon the Zealot:
• buried in the San Thome Basilica in Chennai, India.

  St. Thomas:
• the four-week season of preparation for the birth of Christ, and for the Second Coming. Often

  an Advent wreathe is used as a focus for prayer during Advent.


  Advent
• often celebrated with nativity scenes, stories, pageants recalling the story of

  Jesus' humble birth in a stable surrounded by animals.


  Christmas - Jesus' birth
• • the visit of the three wise ones to Jesus just after his birth and their subsequent spreading of

  the news of his birth throughout the world.

  Epiphany
• the period leading up to Easter commemorating the 40 days Jesus spent in the desert fasting and

  praying. A time for personal reflection and improvement through prayer, fasting, and study.

  Lent -