Statue of St. James the Less in the Archbasilica of St. John Lateran by Angelo de Rossi
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James the Less (Greek: Ἰάκωβος ὁ μικρόςIakōbos ho mikros) is a figure of early Christianity. He is also called "the Minor", "the Little", "the Lesser", or "the Younger", according to translation, James is styled "the Less" to distinguish him from the Apostle James the Great (also called "James the Elder") with "Less" meaning younger or shorter, rather than less important. James the Great was the brother of John the Apostle.
James the Less has traditionally been commemorated along with St. Philip in the Western Christian calendars. In the Roman Catholic Church their feast day was observed on 1 May until 1955, when it was moved to 11 May to accommodate the Feast of St Joseph the Worker on 1 May. A later revision of the calendar moved the feast back to 3 May. In many other churches (for example, the Church of England) the feast has never moved from 1 May.
He is identified by 4th-century priest Jerome as the same person also called "James the Just" and "James, brother of Jesus" in the Bible, thought of by Jerome and others as really a cousin of Jesus.
Less consensually, he is also traditionally identified with James, son of Alphaeus, one of the Twelve Apostles.
or "the Younger", according to translation, James is styled "theLess" to distinguish him from the Apostle Jamesthe Great (also called "Jamesthe Elder")...
Jesus) which made Jamesthe Great a cousin of Jesus. James is styled "the Greater" to distinguish him from the Apostle James "theLess," with "greater"...
Philip as the apostle who preached in Greece, Syria, and Asia-Minor. In the Roman Rite, the feast day of Philip, along with that of JamestheLess, was traditionally...
another. Mary, mother of Jesus Mary Magdalene Mary of Jacob (mother of JamestheLess) (Matthew 27:56; Mark 15:40; Luke 24:10) Mary of Clopas (John 19:25)...
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suggested that the author was theJames, son of Alphaeus, who is referred to as JamestheLess (often identified as Jamesthe "brother" of Jesus). The Protestant...
The brothers of Jesus or the adelphoi (Greek: ἀδελφοί, translit. adelphoí, lit. "of the same womb") are named in the New Testament as James, Joses (a...
compiled by Jacobus de Voragine in the thirteenth century "Simon the Cananaean and Judas Thaddeus were brethren of JamestheLess and sons of Mary Cleophas, who...
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less agrees with the New Testament list and holds that the disciples included Peter, Philip, Thomas, Bartholomew, Matthew, Andrew, James, Jude, James...
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