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The Way of St. James Guide for the pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela following St. James' footsteps. Apostle James the Brother of St John the Theologian Orthodox icon and synaxarion; History; St. James the Greater, Apostle at the Christian Iconography web site; St. James the Greater from Caxton's translation of the Golden Legend
The scene was found on the lowest row on the left wall, painted sometime between 1453 and 1455. It was destroyed on March 11, 1944, when the Ovetari Chapel in Padua was bombed by the Allies during World War II. [1] Fortunately, the British Museum owns a preparatory drawing for the painting. Preparatory drawing for Saint James Led to His Execution
St. James slaying Moors. (Anonymous, 18th century, Cusco School of Peru) Saint James the Moor-slayer (Spanish: Santiago Matamoros) is the name given to the representation (painting, sculpture, etc.) of the apostle James the Great, as a legendary, miraculous figure who appeared at the also legendary Battle of Clavijo, helping the Christians conquer the Muslim Moors.
Because of his role in northern Spain, James is venerated throughout the Basque Country and Galicia where July 25 is a public holiday. [3] A traditional pilgrimage called the Way of St James (Camino de Santiago) is held that day, bringing people to the town of Santiago de Compostela and the Santiago de Compostela Cathedral. It is the town's ...
A pair of blood-spattered trousers in a miso tank and an allegedly forced confession helped send Iwao Hakamata to death row in the 1960s. Now, more than five decades later, the world’s longest ...
As Freddie Eugene Owens lives the last hours of his life, USA TODAY is sharing some of the South Carolina death row inmate's handwritten letters to a woman he loved. At times furious and at others ...
Grayson's execution began just after 6 p.m. at the William C. Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore, AL, when the curtains of the execution chamber were opened.
James the Just, or a variation of James, brother of the Lord (Latin: Iacobus from Hebrew: יעקב, Ya'aqov and Ancient Greek: Ἰάκωβος, Iákōbos, can also be Anglicized as "Jacob"), was, according to the New Testament, a brother of Jesus. He was the first leader of the Jerusalem Church of the Apostolic Age.