Feast day: May 14

St. Matthias

Apostle · 1st century

Patron of Tailors, carpenters, hope in alcoholism recovery

Chosen by lot to replace Judas among the Twelve — the only apostle picked after the Resurrection.

His one qualification, per Acts: he had been with Jesus from the beginning. Faithful presence was the whole résumé.

Image: Peter Paul Rubens (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons.