Here's my Saint for the year, thanks to Moneybags at A Catholic Life:
James the Lesser
- Also known as
- Jacobus Minor; James the Younger; James the Just
- Memorial
- 3 May
- Profile
- Apostle. Cousin of Jesus. Brother of Saint Jude Thaddeus. One of the first to have visions of the risen Christ. First Bishop of Jerusalem.
Having been beaten to death, a club almost immediately became his symbol. This led to his patronage of fullers and pharmacists, both of whom use clubs in their professions.
Like all men of renown, large stories grew up around James. He is reported to have spent so much time in prayer that his knees thickened, and looked like a camel's. Soon after the Crucifixion, James said he would fast until Christ returned; the resurrected Jesus appeared to him, and fixed a meal Himself. - Died
- martyred c.62 at Jerusalem by being thrown from a pinnacle of the Temple, then stoned and beaten with clubs, including fuller's mallets, while praying for his attackers
- Canonized
- Pre-Congregation
- Patronage
- apothecaries; druggists; dying people; fullers; hatmakers; hatters; milliners; pharmacists; Uruguay
- Prayers
- Prayer to...
- Representation
- fuller's club; man holding a book
- Images
- Gallery of images of Saint James [5 images, 103 kb]
- Additional Information
- Google Directory
Lives of Illustrious Men, by Saint Jerome
Goffine's Devout Instructions - Writings
- canonical Letter of James
Guess I'll have to wait and see!
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