James the Greater
James the Greater is listed as one of three different Jameses by Mark the Evangelist. Mark the Evangelist writes about a James without clarifying which James he is referring to on three separate occasions. All twelve Apostles attend the Last Supper (Mark 14:33), which immediately precedes the Garden of Gethsemane.
↻ synthesized from 3 sources
When
- First attested
- 0 CE
- Attested period
- 0 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Mentioned in medieval crusader itineraries linking the lighthouse to the pilgrimage route.
Relationships
- allied with
- John the Apostle
- co occurs with
- James, the brother of Jesus, Saint Lucy, Jerome, Bonaventure, Saint Joseph, Immaculate Conception, Michael, Bernardino of Siena, Martha, Peter Claver, Nicholas of Tolentino, Saint Roch, Elizabeth of Hungary, Gertrude the Great, Saint Boniface, Our Lady of Las Lajas, Lawrence of Rome, Virgin of Mercy, James, son of Alphaeus, Saint Barbara, Virgin of Candelaria, John the Baptist
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“Overall, Mark the Evangelist lists three different Jameses: "James, son of Alphaeus", James the Greater, and James the brother of Jesus (Mark 6:3). On three separate occasions, he writes about a James without clarifying which James he is referring to. There is a James at the transfiguration, (Mark 9, Mark 9:2)”
#1075 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Cali – James the Greater”
#35874 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“Usually, the crusader fleets would disembark there to reach the shrine of the Apostle James the Greater at Santiago de Compostela on foot.”
#46302 · extracted by openai/gpt-oss-120b:free