James, the Greater, Saint
Enlarge text Shrink text-
Personality
|
מספר מערכת
987007263235205171
Information for Authority record
Name (Latin)
James, the Greater, Saint
Other forms of name
Jacobus, the Greater, Saint
Santiago, the Greater, Saint
James, son of Zebedee, Saint
Jacques, le Majeur, Saint
Jacopo, Maggiore, Saint
James, Saint, apostle
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Sources of Information
- LCN; one of two apostles of the same name. the other being James the Less.
1 / 7
French:
Saint Jacques 
, CC BY-SA 2.0 fr
File:046CupolaSPietro.jpg
MarkusMark, CC BY-SA 3.0
File:Giovanni Battista Tiepolo - St Jacobus in Budapest.jpg
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
, Public domain
File:James the Great the Apostle. Detail of the mosaic in the Basilica of San Vitale. Ravena, Italy.jpg
José Luiz
, CC BY-SA 4.0
File:Peter Paul Rubens - St James the Apostle - WGA20192.jpg
Peter Paul Rubens
, Public domain
File:Rembrandt - Sankt Jakobus der Ältere.jpg
Rembrandt
, Public domain
File:Shield with symbol of St. James the Great, Church of the Good Shepherd (Rosemont, Pennsylvania).jpg
Francis Helminski, CC BY-SA 4.0
Wikipedia description:
James the Great (Koinē Greek: Ἰάκωβος, romanized: Iákōbos; Aramaic: ܝܥܩܘܒ, romanized: Yaʿqōḇ; died AD 44) was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus. According to the New Testament, he was the second of the apostles to die after Judas Iscariot and the first to be martyred. Saint James is the patron saint of Spain and, according to tradition, what are believed to be his remains are held in Santiago de Compostela in Galicia. He is also known as James, son of Zebedee, Saint James the Great, Saint James the Greater, Saint James the Elder, or Saint Jacob, James the Apostle or Santiago.
Read more on Wikipedia >