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Nothing is known of St. James the Greater’s early life, though it has been established that he is the son of Zebedee and Salome and brother of John the disciple.
The title “the Greater” was added to St. James’ name to help distinguish him from the Apostle James “the Less,” who is believed to have been shorter than James “the Greater.”
Later, James returned to Jerusalem but was martyred for his faith by King Herod, who decapitated him. Saint James the Greater is known as the first apostle to die.
As he was not allowed to be buried following his martyrdom, his remains were taken to Compostela, Spain, by some of his followers, who buried him.
In the ninth century his remains were discovered and moved to a tomb in Santiago de Compostela. Today, his remains can still be found in the Cathedral of Santiago.
Because Santiago de Compostela is the most frequently visited place pilgrims migrate to following Rome and Jerusalem, Pope Leo declared it a shrine.
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๐ ๐๐ญ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด ๐๐ต. ๐๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ข๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ด๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ถ๐ด ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐จ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ณ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ข๐จ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐บ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ. ๐๐ฃ๐ต๐ข๐ช๐ฏ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ถ๐ด ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐จ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ฐ๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐จ๐จ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ. ๐๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐๐ฉ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ต ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ญ๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด๐ญ๐บ, ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ท๐ช๐ค๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ง๐ง๐ช๐ค๐ถ๐ญ๐ต๐ช๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฆ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ณ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐จ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ณ๐บ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ. ๐๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ
