This came up on Page-A-Day Online Calendar this morning.  I didn’t even know the apostles had gem emblems.

Andrew……………………………………………………………sapphire
Bartholomew………………………………………………………carnelian
James…………………………………………………………..chalcedony
James the Less…………………………………………………………topaz
John………………………………………………………………emerald
Matthew………………………………………………………….amethyst
Matthias (after Judas)………………………………………………..chrysolite
Peter………………………………………………………………..jasper
Philip…………………………………………………………….sardonyx
Simeon…………………………………………………………….hyacinth
Thaddeus………………………………………………………..chrysoprase
Thomas………………………………………………………………beryl

My street is named for the gem emblem of St James the Less.

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