Apostle · 1st century
Apostle James Brother of Saint John the Theologian
Also known as James, son of Zebedee · James the Greater
One of the Twelve, a fisherman of Galilee and brother of John the Theologian, called by the Lord among the first; he was the first of the apostles to be martyred, beheaded by Herod Agrippa.
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Notes
Son of Zebedee; distinct from James the Brother of the Lord (Oct 23) and James son of Alphaeus (Oct 9).
Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Lives of the Saints