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Saint Dismas the Good Thief bound to his cross and looking up to heaven, an icon from the Christian Levant, 1775

Saint Dismas, the Good Thief

The good thief crucified beside Jesus, promised Paradise that same day

Patron of
people condemned to death
Western calendar
25 March
Orthodox calendar
Not kept

Saint Luke tells of two thieves crucified beside Jesus, and when one of them blasphemed against him the other rebuked him: "we receive no more than the due reward of our deeds; but this man has done nothing amiss." Then he turned to the Lord and said, "Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom", and heard the promise, "this day thou shalt be with me in Paradise." The Church remembers this thief as Saint Dismas on 25 March, and those condemned to death have taken him as their patron.

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