Apostle James the Greater

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Christian saint New Testament person apostle

Apostle James the Greater was one of Jesus Christ’s Twelve Apostles, traditionally regarded as the son of Zebedee and brother of John, and is venerated as the patron saint of pilgrims, especially associated with the shrine of Santiago de Compostela.

Aliases (5)

Statements (57)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian saint → New Testament person → apostle →
associatedLegend	mission to Spain → translation of his relics to Galicia →
associatedWith	Santiago de Compostela →
burialPlace	Santiago de Compostela →
calledBy	Jesus Christ →
deathCause	martyrdom →
deathDate	circa 44 AD →
deathPlace	Jerusalem →
discipleOf	Jesus Christ →
ethnicity	Jewish →
father	Zebedee →
feastDay	25 July →
feastDayInOrthodoxChurch	30 April → 30 June →
followerOf	Jesus Christ →
givenName	James →
honorificTitle	the Greater →
iconographicAttribute	book or scroll → pilgrim’s cloak → scallop shell on clothing →
killedBy	Herod Agrippa I →
languageOfName	English →
majorShrine	Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela →
mannerOfDeath	beheading →
memberOf	Twelve Apostles →
mentionedIn	Acts of the Apostles → Gospel of Luke → Gospel of Mark → Gospel of Matthew →
mother	Salome →
nameInLatin	Iacobus Maior →
nameInSpanish	Santiago →
nickname	Boanerges →
nicknameMeaning	sons of thunder →
notableEvent	first apostle to be martyred →
occupationBeforeCalling	fisherman →
partOf	inner circle of Jesus →
patronSaintOf	Spain → pilgrims →
presentAt	Agony in the Garden → Transfiguration of Jesus → raising of Jairus’s daughter →
religion	Christianity →
sharesNicknameWith	John the Apostle →
sibling	John the Apostle →
symbol	pilgrim’s hat → pilgrim’s staff → scallop shell →
veneratedIn	Anglican Communion → Eastern Orthodox Church → Lutheran Church → Roman Catholic Church →
workedWith	John the Apostle → Peter the Apostle →

Referenced by (25)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Grote Kerk, The Hague ("Saint James the Greater") → Igreja de Santiago (Tavira) ("Saint James the Greater") → Metropolitan Cathedral (Guatemala City) ("Saint James the Greater") → Santiago de Compostela Cathedral ("Saint James the Greater") →	dedicatedTo
Capernaum ("James son of Zebedee") → Galician Iago ("Saint James the Greater") → Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France ("Saint James the Greater") →	associatedWith
Apostles ("James son of Zebedee") → Twelve Apostles ("James son of Zebedee") →	member
Zebedee ("James the son of Zebedee") →	appearsWith
Garden of Gethsemane ("James the Greater") →	associatedWithPerson
Apostle John ("James son of Zebedee") →	brother
Santiago de Compostela ("Saint James the Great") →	cathedralDedicatedTo
Zebedee ("James the son of Zebedee") →	child
Santiago de Compostela ("Saint James the Great") →	claimsRelicsOf
Saint John ("James the Greater") →	closelyAssociatedWith
Apostle James the Less ("James the son of Zebedee") →	distinguishedFrom
Zebedee ("James the son of Zebedee") →	fatherOf
Twelve Apostles (traditional attribution) ("James son of Zebedee") →	hasMember
Last Supper →	hasParticipant
Santiago de Cuba ("Saint James the Greater") →	hasPatronSaint
Santiago de Compostela ("Saint James the Great") →	namedAfter
Herod Agrippa I ("James the son of Zebedee") →	orderedExecutionOf
Diocese of Brooklyn ("Saint James the Greater") →	patronSaint
Apostle John ("James son of Zebedee") →	sibling