Feast
Saint James, Apostle
- Feast day
- July 25
- Patron of
- Spain and pilgrims
- Origin
- Palestinian
Life
James the Greater was one of the sons of Zebedee and among the three apostles closest to Jesus. He was the first apostle to be martyred, beheaded by Herod Agrippa I in Jerusalem.
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