Bible Dictionaries
Lazarus

1910 New Catholic Dictionary

(Hebrew: God hath helped)

• The beggar in the parable Lazarus and the Rich Man set forth by Christ (Luke 16).
  
  

• The brother of Martha and Mary of Bethany, and a beloved friend of Jesus (John 11). He was raised from the dead by Our Divine Lord. Many of the Jews believed in Jesus because of Lazarus. According to a tradition in the Western Church, Lazarus became the first Bishop of Marseilles and died a martyr.