James the Less

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James the Less is a figure in the New Testament traditionally regarded as one of Jesus Christ’s twelve apostles, often distinguished from James the son of Zebedee.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
James the Less canonical 6
James the Younger 3
James the Minor 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian saint
New Testament person
apostle
biblical figure
alsoKnownAs Apostle James the Less
surface form: James son of Alphaeus

James the Less
surface form: James the Minor

James the Less
surface form: James the Younger
appearsIn Acts of the Apostles
Gospel of Luke
Gospel of Mark
Gospel of Matthew
New Testament
associatedWith Jesus Christ
centuryOfActivity 1st century
distinguishedFrom Apostle James the Greater
surface form: James the Great

Apostle James the Greater
surface form: James the son of Zebedee
feastDay May 1
May 3
gender male
hasCategory 1st-century Christian martyrs
Apostles
surface form: Apostles of Jesus

Saints of the Holy Land (tradition)
surface form: Saints from the Holy Land
hasRole apostle of Jesus
disciple of Jesus
languageContext Koine Greek
memberOf Twelve Apostles
mentionedIn Acts 1:13
Luke 6:15
Mark 3:18
Matthew 10:3
nameInEnglish James the Less self-link
nameInGreek Ἰάκωβος ὁ τοῦ Ἁλφαίου
nameInLatin Iacobus Minor
oftenGroupedWith Apostle Philip
surface form: Philip the Apostle
patronage dyers
fullers
hatmakers
pharmacists
religion Christianity
symbol club
fuller’s bat
saw
traditionallyIdentifiedAs son of Alphaeus
traditionallyMartyredIn Jerusalem
veneratedIn Anglican Communion
Roman Catholicism
surface form: Catholic Church

Eastern Orthodox Christianity
surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church

European Lutheran churches
surface form: Lutheran Churches

Oriental Orthodoxy
surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Apostle James the Less name James the Less
Apostle James the Less name James the Less
this entity surface form: James the Younger
James the Less alsoKnownAs James the Less
this entity surface form: James the Younger
James the Less alsoKnownAs James the Less
this entity surface form: James the Minor
James the Less nameInEnglish James the Less self-link
the Less alsoKnownAs James the Less
subject surface form: James the Less
this entity surface form: James the Younger
the Less alsoKnownAs James the Less
subject surface form: James the Less
this entity surface form: James the Minor
the Younger hasEpithet James the Less
subject surface form: James the Younger
Alphaeus fatherOf James the Less
St. James Cathedral namedAfter James the Less