Guillermo

• Saint James the Apostle

  Born in Bethsaida, Galilee in what today is Israel and he died in Jerusalem
• Saint James preached


  1. In Hispana, today's Spain and Portugal

  2. Tradition holds that James traveled to Spain after Pentecost to preach the risen Christ

  3. He was struggling with this mission until Mary appeared to him upon a pillar
• Saint James the Apostle


  • He was the first apostle to shed his blood for Jesus
  • He was one of the 3 apostles that went with Jesus to the transfiguration
• Legend of Saint James the Apostle

  1. Tomb in James was rediscovered in AD 814 by Pelagius the Hermit, after he witnessed strange lights in the night sky above the Libredon forest

  2. Bishop Theodomirus of Iria recognized this as a miracle and informed king Alfonso II of Asturias and Galicia

  3. They built an oratory for the saint and put the coffin in

  4. Spain was at war with the Moors to expel them from Spain but they were losing the battle

  5. Someone thought to go pray to the Apostle and suddenly a man on a white horse appeared and started defeating the Moors

  6. The king of Spain said that if the apostle had not appeared Spain would have lost the battle

  7. On behalf of that they built the Cathedral of Saint James of Compostela where his remains