James the Less

Christian saint

  • Fame56.3
  • Momentum0.0
  • Wikipedia17.1K
Source-basedFalling
Lived 100–62, aged 0
  • Wikipedia
    32 languages
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  • Era
    100–62
    Aged 0
Summary
Updated 2026-06-09

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.

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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…

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Completeness60.0
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    wikidata · wikidata.org
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  • Pantheon 2.0
    database · pantheon.world
    High confidence