St.
James the Greater, Apostle, son of Zebedee, the elder brother of the
Apostle John, and a fisherman on the Lake of Galilee. He was one of the
first, together with Andrew, Peter and John, disciples called by Christ.
He was present at the Transfiguration and at Agony in the Garden. After
Crucifixion and Assumption of the Teacher he preached in Syria, later returned
to Jerusalem, where he was beheaded by Herod Agrippa. (Acts 12:2)
See: Hieronymus Bosch St.
James the Greater.
Carlo Crivelli. St.
James of the Marche with Two Kneeling Donors.
Albrecht Dürer St.
James the Apostle.
El Greco St.
James the Greater.
Georges de La Tour. St.
James the Greater.
Hans Memling The
Virgin and Child between St. James and St. Dominic.
Nicolas Poussin. The
Virgin of the Pillar Appearing to St. James the Greater, Landscape
with St. James in Patmos, St.
Peter and St. James Cure the Lame Man.
Recommended reading:
The
Book of Saints: The Lives of the Saints According to the Liturgical Calendar
by George Angelini, Victor Hoagland (Editor). Regina Press, Malhame &
Company, 1986.
365
Saints: Your Daily Guide to the Wisdom and Wonder of Their Lives
by Woodeene Koenig-Brick (Author). Harper SanFrancisco, 1995.
Twelve
Who Followed Jesus by Landrum P. Leavell. Broadman Press, 1975.
The
Galilean Dialogues: On the Road With the Master and the Twelve
by Joe F. Tarpley. Vantage Press, 1994.
Prophets
& Apostles of the Last Dispensation by Lawrence R. Flake.
Deseret Books, 2001.
Voices
from Ancient Bethlehem: A Dialogue With Jesus and the Twelve Apostles
by Scribe. Jodere Group, 2003.
Twelve
Ordinary Men by John MacArthur (Author). W Publishing Group,
2002.
The
Twelve: The Lives of the Apostles After Calvary by Bernard
Ruffin. Our Sunday Visitor, 1998.