Apostle Thomas

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Christian apostle New Testament person martyr saint

Apostle Thomas, also known as "Doubting Thomas," was one of the twelve apostles of Jesus Christ, best known for initially doubting Jesus’ resurrection until he personally saw and touched Christ’s wounds.

Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
Saint Thomas the Apostle	8
Thomas the Apostle	2
Doubting Thomas	1
St. Thomas the Apostle	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian apostle ⓘ New Testament person ⓘ martyr ⓘ saint ⓘ
associatedWith	India ⓘ St. Thomas Christians ⓘ Syriac Rite ⓘ surface form: Syriac Christianity
burialPlace	Mylapore (traditional) ⓘ
deathPlace	Parthasarathy Temple, Triplicane ⓘ surface form: Mylapore (traditional)
event	demanded to see and touch the wounds of the risen Jesus ⓘ initially refused to believe the other disciples’ report of Jesus’ resurrection ⓘ saw the risen Jesus and believed ⓘ
feastDay	First Sunday after Easter (some traditions) ⓘ July 3 (Roman Catholic Church) ⓘ October 6 (Eastern Orthodox Church, some calendars) ⓘ
followerOf	Jesus Christ ⓘ
hasAlias	Didymus ⓘ Apostle Thomas self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Doubting Thomas Judas Thomas ⓘ Thomas Didymus ⓘ Apostle Thomas self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Thomas the Apostle
iconographicAttribute	carpenter’s square ⓘ spear ⓘ touching the wounds of Christ ⓘ
knownFor	confessing Jesus as "My Lord and my God" ⓘ doubting the resurrection of Jesus ⓘ
languageOfName	Aramaic ⓘ Greek ⓘ
mannerOfDeath	martyrdom (traditional) ⓘ
mentionedIn	Acts of the Apostles ⓘ Gospel of John ⓘ Gospel of Luke ⓘ Gospel of Mark ⓘ Gospel of Matthew ⓘ
nameMeaning	twin ⓘ
occupation	apostle ⓘ
partOf	Twelve Apostles ⓘ
patronage	India ⓘ architects ⓘ builders ⓘ the blind ⓘ
quote	My Lord and my God ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ
subjectOf	Doubting Thomas narrative in John 20:24–29 ⓘ
traditionallyCreditedWith	bringing Christianity to India ⓘ founding Christian communities in India ⓘ
veneratedIn	Anglican Communion ⓘ Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church Lutheranism ⓘ surface form: Lutheran Churches Oriental Orthodoxy ⓘ surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Roman Catholic Church

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Way, the Truth, and the Life → addressedTo → Apostle Thomas ⓘ

this entity surface form: Thomas the Apostle

Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church → apostolicOrigin → Apostle Thomas ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saint Thomas the Apostle

Malabar Independent Syrian Church → apostolicOriginTradition → Apostle Thomas ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saint Thomas the Apostle

Thomas → associatedWith → Apostle Thomas ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saint Thomas the Apostle

Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church → claimsFoundationBy → Apostle Thomas ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saint Thomas the Apostle

Apostle Thomas → hasAlias → Apostle Thomas self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Doubting Thomas

Apostle Thomas → hasAlias → Apostle Thomas self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Thomas the Apostle

Syro-Malabar Catholic Church → hasApostolicOriginFrom → Apostle Thomas ⓘ

this entity surface form: St. Thomas the Apostle

Last Supper → hasParticipant → Apostle Thomas ⓘ

St. Thomas Church, Leipzig → namedAfter → Apostle Thomas ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saint Thomas the Apostle

St. Thomas Parish, Jamaica → namedAfter → Apostle Thomas ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saint Thomas the Apostle

Église Saint-Thomas de Strasbourg → namedAfter → Apostle Thomas ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saint Thomas the Apostle

Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church → venerates → Apostle Thomas ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saint Thomas the Apostle