James the major, apostle, son of Zebedee and Salome, John's brother, apostle.
Mural painting of James the majeur, Audressein's church (France)
Glass-window of Saint James major, Bourges's cathedral (France)
Glass-window of Saint James major, La Souterraine's church (France)
Glass-window of Saint James major, Montauban's cathedral (France)
Glass-window of Saint James major, Saint-Marcel's church (France)
James the major don't seem to be the author of "the epistle of James" which would be work of another James, called "the juste", one of the four Jesus's brothers (1) who was, in Jerusalem, the first cheef of the community of the disciples of Christ.
He was decapitated in Jerusalem by the king Hérode Agrippa I. "(..) the king Herod started to maltreate some members of the assembley and he made die by the sword James, John's brother." (Acts of the Apostols 12,1-2)
(1) James ("the juste", so called "the minor"), Joses, Jude (so called Joseph in Matthew 13,55), Simon ( Mark 6,3 ; 15,40)
Representation of Saint James apostle, benedictine abbey of San Miniato dei Monte (Italy)
The romans continue to persecute the disciples, then "the early christians", until the biginning of 3th centurry .
The latter were to meet in the catacombs. They were numerous with being stopped to be martyrized.
Fountain in Padrón
Padrón (Spain), in the past Iria Flavia, place of translation of the relics of James the major.
Nenufars between Pontecesures and Padrón (Spain)
Glass-window with a scallop in the church "de la Peregrina" in Pontevedra (Spain)
Glass-window of Saint James major, in St Andre's church in Châteauroux (France)
Glass-window in Velles's church (France)
Glass-window in Argenton-sur-Creuse's church (France)
Glass-window in Tillac's church (France)
Glass-window in Sigoulès's church (France)
Glass-window in Sigoulès's church (France)
Glass-window in Henrichemont's church (France)
Article written by Pascal Bourdaloue
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