Thaddaeus
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Thaddaeus or Thaddeus (Greek Θαδδαῖος) is a boy's given name. It may derive from Theodorus (Greek for "gift of god") or from the Aramaic word for "heart" [1].
The name has numerous other forms, including Tad, Tadzio, Thad. In Armenian, the name is Թադէոս [tʰɑdɛos] Tadeos, or (short form) Թադէ [tʰɑdɛ] Tadeh.
[edit] People
- Thaddaeus is mentioned in the Gospels of Matthew and Mark as among the Twelve Apostles.
- Thaddaeus or Thaddeus of Edessa is mentioned as one of the Seventy Disciples by Christian tradition as the Christian missionary sent to Edessa. See also Addai.
- Taddeo Gaddi (c.1300-1366), an Italian painter, active during the early Renaissance.
- Taddeo Zuccaro or Zuccari (1529 -1566), an Italian painter, member of the Roman school of mannerism.
- Thaddeus Stevens (1792-1868), leader of the Radical Republicans during the American Civil War and Reconstruction.
- Tadeusz Kościuszko (1714-1817), Polish and Lithuanian national hero.
- Thaddeus S. C. Lowe (1831-1913), American Civil War scientist and inventor.
- Thad Jones (1923-1986), an American jazz trumpeter and bandleader.
- Thaddeus Boyd (1980), an African American realist and actor (Tears of the Sun).
[edit] Fictional characters
- Tadzio, a young man in Thomas Mann's novel Death in Venice.
[edit] See also
- Tadeusz - the common Polish-language version of the name