JAMES, SAINT


Meaning of JAMES, SAINT in English

or James the Great

born Galilee, Palestine

died AD 44, Jerusalem; feast day July 25

One of the 12 Apostle s of Jesus .

He and his brother John (see St. Gethsemane . He was beheaded in AD 44 by order of Herod Agrippa. By tradition, his body was taken to Santiago de Compostela , Spain; his shrine there has long been a place of pilgrimage.

Britannica English dictionary.      Английский словарь Британика.