Son of Zebedee and Salome, the brother of Saint John
the Apostle, and may have been Jesus' cousin. He is called
"the Greater" because he became an
Apostle before Saint James the Lesser. An apparent
disciple of Saint John the Baptist. He was a fisherman.
Left everything when Christ called him to be a
"fisher of men". St. James was present during
most of the recorded miracles of Christ. He preached in
Samaria, Judea, and Spain. St. James was the first Apostle
to be martyred.
