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James, St, ‘the Great’,

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James, St, ‘the Great’, Apostle. The elder brother of St John, he belonged to the privileged group of disciples who were present at the raising of Jairus' daughter, the Transfiguration, and the Agony in Gethsemane. James was the first of the Twelve Apostles to suffer martyrdom, being beheaded in AD 44. The tradition that he preached in Spain has been almost universally abandoned. Feast day in the E., 30 Apr.; in the W., 25 July.

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