James the Just
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Saint James the Just | |
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Icon of James | |
Martyr, Adelphotheos | |
Died | Died::62 AD, Jerusalem |
Venerated in | All Christianity |
Canonized | Pre-congregation |
Feast | May 3 (Roman Catholicism) May 1 (Anglicanism) October 23 (Lutheranism) |
Attributes | fuller's club and a man holding a book |
Controversy | James is sometimes identified with James, son of Alphaeus and James the Less. There is disagreement about the exact relationship to Jesus. |
James the Just (Hebrew: יעקב, Yaʻaqōḇ; Greek: Iάκωβος, Iakōbos), also known as James the Apostle and James the Less, was the first bishop or patriarch of Jerusalem and a relative of Jesus.
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