# James the Less

> A first-century apostle distinguished from his more prominent namesake by a nickname that meant younger or shorter, not lesser in rank — though history remembers him mostly as the one who needed the label.

*Christian saint*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/james-the-less

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Religious Figure
- **Category:** Religious Figures
- **Born:** 100
- **Died:** 62
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Jerome identified him as the same person called "James the Just" and "James, brother of Jesus" in scripture, understood by some as a cousin rather than sibling, and Papias of Hierapolis linked him to "James, son of Alphaeus," one of the Twelve Apostles. The Western Church traditionally commemorated him alongside Philip on 1 May, a date the Roman Catholic calendar shifted to 11 May in 1955 to make room for the Feast of St Joseph the Worker, then moved again to 3 May in a later revision. Many other churches, including the Church of England, kept the original May Day observance. The nickname that stuck — "the Less" — was meant to distinguish him from James the Great, marking a difference in age or stature that became his enduring epithet.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 56.3 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.0 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 21.9 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 60.0 / 100

## Topics
#Religious Figures, #Religious Figure, #Religion, #Ancient History

## Sources
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_the_Less)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3245490)
- [Pantheon 2.0](https://pantheon.world/profile/person/James%20the%20Less)
- [Jakobus da Jüngere](https://bar.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jakobus_da_J%C3%BCngere)
- [Jaume el Menor](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaume_el_Menor)
- [Jakub Mladší](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jakub_Mlad%C5%A1%C3%AD)
- [Ιάκωβος ο Μικρός](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%99%CE%AC%CE%BA%CF%89%CE%B2%CE%BF%CF%82_%CE%BF_%CE%9C%CE%B9%CE%BA%CF%81%CF%8C%CF%82)
- [Jakobo la pli juna](https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jakobo_la_pli_juna)
- [Santiago el Menor](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santiago_el_Menor)
- [Jacques le Mineur](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_le_Mineur)
- [Naomh Séamas Beag](https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naomh_S%C3%A9amas_Beag)
- [Santiago o Menor](https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santiago_o_Menor)
- [Ifjabb Jakab apostol](https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ifjabb_Jakab_apostol)
- [Yakobus Muda](https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakobus_Muda)
- [Giacomo il Minore](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giacomo_il_Minore)
- [Iacobus Minor (apostolus)](https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iacobus_Minor_(apostolus))
- [Apaštalas Jokūbas jaunesnysis](https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apa%C5%A1talas_Jok%C5%ABbas_jaunesnysis)
- [James the Less](https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_the_Less)
- [Jakobus de Jüngere](https://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jakobus_de_J%C3%BCngere)
- [Jakobus de Mindere](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jakobus_de_Mindere)
- [Apostelen Jakob den yngre](https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apostelen_Jakob_den_yngre)
- [Jakub Mniejszy Apostoł](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jakub_Mniejszy_Aposto%C5%82)
- [Santiago Menor](https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santiago_Menor)
- [Iacob cel Tânăr (apostol)](https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iacob_cel_T%C3%A2n%C4%83r_(apostol))
- [Giagu su Minore](https://sc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giagu_su_Minore)
- [Wikiquote](https://pl.wikiquote.org/wiki/Jakub_Mniejszy_Aposto%C5%82)
- [Wikiquote](https://sl.wikiquote.org/wiki/Jakob_Mlaj%C5%A1i)
- [Sant Chaime o Menor](https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sant_Chaime_o_Menor)
- [يعقوب الصغير](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%8A%D8%B9%D9%82%D9%88%D8%A8_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B5%D8%BA%D9%8A%D8%B1)

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