Feast December 30
St. James the Elder
Martyr, patron of Places Spain · Feast December 30
Biography
James the Great was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus. According to the New Testament, he was the second of the apostles to die, after Judas Iscariot, and the first to be martyred. 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, Spain.
Feast day
December 30
Patronage
- Places Spain
- Guatemala
- Seattle
- Orlando
- Levoča
- Nicaragua
- Cali
- Guayaquil
- Betis Church
- Guagua
- Pampanga
- Badian
Canonization status
Canonized
Feast month
12
Feast day of month
30