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Saint James the Apostle

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Noun1.Saint James the Apostle - (New Testament) disciple of JesusSaint James the Apostle - (New Testament) disciple of Jesus; brother of John; author of the Epistle of James in the New Testament
New Testament - the collection of books of the Gospels, Acts of the Apostles, the Pauline and other epistles, and Revelation; composed soon after Christ's death; the second half of the Christian Bible


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The texts, written on lead tablets (plomos), told of Granada's evangelization by Saint James the Apostle and several of his disciples, members of a legendary band of seven apostles supposedly martyred in first-century Iberia.
The reason pilgrims came from all over Europe was to pay homage at the tomb of Saint James the Apostle, which lay in state in the city's beautiful Romanesque cathedral (The scallop shells, incidentally, were used to drink water from streams along the way).
Hordes of Christians in the Middle Ages made the trip from all over Europe to pay homage at the tomb of Saint James the Apostle, which lay in state at the cathedral.
 
 
 
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