Saint James "the Just", 1st bishop of Jerusalem - St James the Less

Started by Aletha le Roux on Friday, June 7, 2019
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6/7/2019 at 1:27 PM

Came across the following on http://www.seetheholyland.net/tag/st-james-convent/

St James the Great was beheaded by Herod Agrippa I, grandson of Herod the Great, around AD 44 (Acts 12:1-2). St James the Less was martyred by Temple authorities about 20 years later by being thrown from the Temple platform, then stoned and clubbed to death.

According to Armenian tradition, within the church are buried the head of St James the Great (the rest of his body is believed to be in the Spanish pilgrimage shrine of Santiago de Compostela) and the body of St James the Less.

6/7/2019 at 1:32 PM

The Church of St James is dedicated to two martyred saints of that name — St James the Great, one of the first apostles to follow Jesus, and St James the Less, believed to be a close relative of Jesus, who became the first bishop of Jerusalem.

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