Salome is sometimes identified as the same woman as Mary of Cleopas John who is a sister of Mary the mother of Jesus. If that is correct that would make James and his brother John first cousins of Jesus. Matt ; Mark and Luke give us an account of the call of the first four disciples; Peter, Andrew, James and John. The evangelists present them as model disciples who left everything and followed Jesus Matt You remember some of the incidents about James in the Gospels.
We can understand why when we read in Luke that they wished to call down fire from heaven on the Samaritans when they did not make Jesus welcome.
In Mark the two brothers asked Jesus for a place for each of them on either side of him when he came in glory while in Matt we read that it is their mother who made the request on their behalf. The fact that James is always mentioned before John in the Gospels probably indicates that he was older than his brother.
On returning to Jerusalem St. James was beheaded, but some of his followers brought his body back to Spain docking at the port town of Iria Flavia now Padron. From there they took his body, by cart, to a burial spot close to some old Celtic ruins in an area known as Libredon. Two of his aides remained to guard his mortal remains and were, after their deaths, interned either side of him.
As the years, decades and centuries passed, all record and memory of Saint James' burial spot was lost or muddied. Today this seems hard to believe, but Hispania was constantly at war and under foriegn occupation. In the years immediately following his death, Rome oppressed and persecuted followers of Christianity and, in later centuries, the Barbarians and Moors invaded and sacked parts of what is now Spain, even extending up to Galicia.
By the eighth century, all that remained of St. James' grave were stories and folk law that suggested his remains lay near a place known as Libredon. His physical resting point was however lost, probably buried or overgrown after centuries of neglect. Statue of St. James the Greater in the Archbasilica of St. John Lateran by Camillo Rusconi. CC BY 2. Numerous scholars suggest that the cult of St James in Spain has not been around longer than the 9th century AD, this suggests that it is unlikely that the remains belong to the apostle from the times of Jesus.
There is also no record connected with his grave from a period before early medieval times. James is believed to have been killed in Jerusalem. Sources say that his remains were traveling to Galicia. However, it is hard to say for certain who is buried in the catacombs in Santiago de Compostela. More than a few possible answers are reasonable. Some archaeological studies suggest that the skeleton in the silver coffin may come from a pre-Christian cemetery located near the current cathedral.
Another hypothesis suggests that it could be the remains of Prisciliano of Avila, a Spanish bishop accused of heresy.
Apart from the coffin with the remains of St James, there is one more biblical artifact in Galicia. Legend says that it was transported from Jerusalem to Galicia.
Research performed by Galician archaeologists suggests that it may be true. Is this object connected with the remains of St James? It seems unlikely, although the story of the ancient remains still brings more questions than answers.
According to another story, which is dated to the 16th century, the relics had to be hidden to prevent pirates from taken them. The excavations performed in the 19th century proved that the remains of St James had been misplaced, and reappeared under the main altar of the church.
Regardless if the relic of St James is real or not, thousands of people visit the Cathedral in Santiago de Compostela each year to hold a statue of St James and ask him for help in their obstacles, thank him for support and make a wish.
The cross of St James continues to be the most important symbol of the region. Jude Thaddeus. He worked as a fisherman with his brother, John, his father, Zebedee, and his partner, Simon. John and James were followers of John the Baptist and later, Jesus.
He followed Jesus as one of his disciples until Jesus was crucified by the Romans. Following the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, James made a pilgrimage to the Iberian Peninsula to spread the word of Jesus. According to legend, his body, along with his followers, sailed to the Iberian Peninsula on a rudderless ship with no sail. Landing on the northwest coast of the peninsula they proceeded up the River Ulla to land at Iria Flavia, modern-day Padron.
While chasing the followers of James with his body across a bridge, it collapsed, killing her troops. Queen Lupia then converted to Christianity and provided an ox and cart for the followers of James to transport the body.
Unsure of where they should bury the sacred remains, his followers prayed on this and decided to let the ox continue until it chose a place to rest. After pausing at a stream the ox finally came to rest under an oak tree at the top of a hill. His mission to defend the Christian Church against invaders actually occurred after his death. According to legend, during the celebrated battle of Clavijo , he suddenly appeared on a milk-white charger, waving aloft a white standard, and leading the Christians to victory.
Hence, the name of the ancient city Santiago where the cathedral was founded in his honour.
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