James Apostle

Description

Saint James Apostle – James the Great – Giacomo il Maggiore – Jacques de Zebedee – Santiago Maior – Santiago Apóstolo – Jakobus der Ältere – Santiago Maior – Santiago Apóstolo – Santiago de Zebedeo – Santiago el Mayor – Saint Santiago – Tiago Maior -Giacomo il Maggiore -San Thiago – Saint Giacomo Apostle and martyr – Giacomo il Maggiore – Jacques de Zebedee – Santiago el Mayor – Jacobo de Zebedeo – Jakobus der Ältere

James, son of Zebedee (Hebrew: יַעֲקֹב Yaʿqob, Greek: Ἰάκωβος; died 44 AD) was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus, and traditionally considered the first apostle to be martyred. He was a son of Zebedee and Salome, and brother of John the Apostle. He is also called James the Greater or James the Great to distinguish him from James, son of Alphaeus and James the brother of Jesus (James the Just).
James the son of Zebedee is the patron saint of Spain, and as such is often identified as Santiago.The English name “James” comes from Italian “Giacomo”, a variant of “Giacobo” derived from Iacobus (Jacob) in Latin, itself from the Greek Ἰάκωβος “Iacobos”. In French, Jacob is translated “Jacques”. In eastern Spain, Jacobus became “Jacome” or “Jaime”; in Catalonia, it became “Jaume”, in western Iberia it became “Iago”, from Hebrew יַעֲקֹב, which when prefixed with “Sant” became “Santiago” in Portugal and Galicia; “Tiago” is also spelled “Diego” in Spanish and “Diogo” in Portuguese, which is also the Spanish name of Saint Didacus of Alcalá.[citation needed] Alternatively, Santiago is the local Galician evolution of Vulgar Latin Sanctu Iacobu, “Saint James