Apostle James the Less

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Christian saint New Testament person apostle biblical figure

Apostle James the Less is one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus, traditionally identified as the son of Alphaeus and remembered as a close disciple present at key events in Jesus’ ministry.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
James son of Alphaeus	4
Saint James the Less	2
Judas of James	1
São Tiago Menor (Saint James the Less)	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian saint ⓘ New Testament person ⓘ apostle ⓘ biblical figure ⓘ
associatedWith	early Christian community in Jerusalem ⓘ
closeTo	Jesus Christ ⓘ
commemoratedAs	martyr ⓘ
discipleOf	Jesus Christ ⓘ
distinguishedFrom	James the Just ⓘ Apostle James the Greater ⓘ surface form: James the son of Zebedee
epithet	the Less ⓘ the Younger ⓘ
era	1st century ⓘ
father	Alphaeus ⓘ
followerOf	Jesus Christ ⓘ
greekName	Jakub ⓘ surface form: Ἰάκωβος ὁ μικρός (Iakōbos ho mikros)
hasFeastDay	May 1 (Anglican Communion, with Philip the Apostle) ⓘ May 1 (Roman Catholic Church, with Philip the Apostle) ⓘ May 3 (traditional Roman calendar, with Philip the Apostle) ⓘ May 9 (Eastern Orthodox Church, with Philip the Apostle) ⓘ
languageOfName	Greek ⓘ
memberOf	Twelve Apostles ⓘ
mentionedIn	Acts of the Apostles ⓘ Gospel of Luke ⓘ Gospel of Mark ⓘ Gospel of Matthew ⓘ New Testament ⓘ
name	Apostle James the Less self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: James son of Alphaeus James the Less ⓘ James the Less ⓘ surface form: James the Younger
presentIn	lists of the Twelve Apostles ⓘ
region	Judea ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ
role	apostolic witness of Jesus’ ministry ⓘ
sourceOfInformation	Christian tradition ⓘ Gospels ⓘ surface form: canonical Gospels
symbolInArt	fuller’s club ⓘ halberd ⓘ
title	Apostle ⓘ Saint ⓘ
tradition	sometimes identified with James the Just ⓘ sometimes identified with the brother of the Lord ⓘ
traditionallyIdentifiedAs	son of Alphaeus ⓘ
veneratedIn	Anglican Communion ⓘ Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church Lutheranism ⓘ surface form: Lutheran Churches Oriental Orthodoxy ⓘ surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Roman Catholic Church

Referenced by (9)

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

Apostle Thaddeus (Jude) → alsoKnownAs → Apostle James the Less ⓘ

this entity surface form: Judas of James

the Twelve Apostles (traditional attribution) → hasMember → Apostle James the Less ⓘ

subject surface form: Twelve Apostles (traditional attribution)

this entity surface form: James son of Alphaeus

Last Supper → hasParticipant → Apostle James the Less ⓘ

Apostles → member → Apostle James the Less ⓘ

this entity surface form: James son of Alphaeus

Twelve Apostles → member → Apostle James the Less ⓘ

this entity surface form: James son of Alphaeus

Apostle James the Less → name → Apostle James the Less self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: James son of Alphaeus

St James's → namedAfter → Apostle James the Less ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saint James the Less

St Philip and St James Church in Sękowa → namedAfter → Apostle James the Less ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saint James the Less

Funchal, Madeira, Portugal → patronSaint → Apostle James the Less ⓘ

subject surface form: Funchal

this entity surface form: São Tiago Menor (Saint James the Less)