Thanks very much for your insight, RIchard; makes perfect sense to me. I remember when I was 7 telling my 41-year-old mother that I wanted a little sister; she had me light candles in church in front of the statue of St. Jude. I got my little sister! ;) --Andy
On Friday, April 3, 2015 at 6:39:06 AM UTC-5, Richard Francis Pimentel wrote: > > *Hi Andrew,* > > > > *Yes not a common name. The child is named after St Jude the patron saint > of loss causes – Not Judas Iscariot the betrayer of Jesus. Perhaps the > couple had given up on having a son and prayed for the intercession of St > Jude.* > > > > *Rick* > > > > *Richard Francis Pimentel* > > *Epping, NH* > > > > > > *From:* azo...@googlegroups.com <javascript:> [mailto: > azo...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>] *On Behalf Of *Andrew Rapoza > *Sent:* Thursday, April 2, 2015 7:37 PM > *To:* azo...@googlegroups.com <javascript:> > *Subject:* [AZORES-Genealogy] Unusual: Judas > > > > I've researched through lots and lots of Azorean records over the years, > but don't remember seeing this boy's name used in this overwhelmingly > Catholic archipelago: Judas. Just thought it was interesting and worth > sharing: > > > > > http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/SMG-ND-SAOJORGE-B-1563-1629/SMG-ND-SAOJORGE-B-1563-1629_item1/SMG-ND-SAOJORGE-B-1563-1629_JPG/SMG-ND-SAOJORGE-B-1563-1629_0020.jpg > > -- > For options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail > (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the > right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my > membership." > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Azores Genealogy" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to azores+un...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores. > -- For options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.
