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The Cathedral Basilica of Saint James (Spanish: Basílica Catedral de Santiago; Basque: Done Jakue Basilika-Katedrala) is a Catholic cathedral in Bilbao, Spain. It is dedicated to the apostle James the Great , by virtue of being a point of transit for the pilgrims that followed the Northern Way of the Camino de Santiago .
The tower on the right depicts Mary Salome, mother of St. James, and the tower on the left depicts his father Zebedee. The balustrade on the left side depicts St. Susanna and St. John and the one on the right depicts St. Barbara and James the Less. [11] The Maximilian Staircase allows entrance to the façade.
The Church of St James (Spanish:Parroquia Matriz del Apóstol Santiago) is a Roman Catholic parish church located in the town of Los Realejos, Tenerife, Spain.Founded in 1496, it was declared a national monument of Spain by Royal decree of Spain [] 598 (February 2, 1983) (B.O.E. N.º 69).
The Camino de Santiago (Latin: Peregrinatio Compostellana, lit. ' Pilgrimage of Compostela '; Galician: O Camiño de Santiago), [1] or in English the Way of St. James, is a network of pilgrims' ways or pilgrimages leading to the shrine of the apostle James in the cathedral of Santiago de Compostela in Galicia in northwestern Spain, where tradition holds that the remains of the apostle are buried.
Saint James is the patron saint of Spain and, according to tradition, what are believed to be his remains are held in Santiago de Compostela in Galicia. He is also known as James, son of Zebedee, Saint James the Great, Saint James the Greater, Saint James the Elder, or Saint Jacob, James the Apostle or Santiago.
Santiago de Compostela, [a] simply Santiago, or Compostela, [3] in the province of A Coruña, is the capital of the autonomous community of Galicia, in northwestern Spain.The city has its origin in the shrine of Saint James the Great, now the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela, as the destination of the Way of St. James, a leading Catholic pilgrimage route since the 9th century. [4]
13 Spain. 14 United States. ... Cathedral Church of St. James (Toronto) ... (Vancouver, Washington, United States), known as St. James Cathedral from 1851 to 1907 ...
This theme was first created at Abbot Suger's church of St. Denis near Paris. [5] Below the Christ figure, Master Mateo has placed Santiago (St. James). In the Byzantine tradition, representations of Santiago as an apostle or evangelist bear no distinguishing features, apart from context, to differentiate James from other apostles.