Apostle James the Greater

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Christian saint New Testament person apostle

Apostle James the Greater was one of Jesus Christ’s Twelve Apostles, traditionally regarded as the son of Zebedee and brother of John, and is venerated as the patron saint of pilgrims, especially associated with the shrine of Santiago de Compostela.

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All labels observed (17)

Label	Occurrences
Saint James the Greater	102
James son of Zebedee	21
James the Greater	21
Saint James the Great	16
Saint James the Apostle	13
James the son of Zebedee	9
James the Great	7
James the Apostle	6
Apostle James	5
James, son of Zebedee	3
Apostle James the Greater canonical	2
St. James the Apostle	2
St. James the Greater	2
Apostle James, son of Zebedee	1
Apostle Saint James	1
Son of Zebedee	1
apostle James	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T157271 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Apostle James the Greater
Context triple: [Last Supper, hasParticipant, Apostle James the Greater]

A. Apostle Peter
Apostle Peter was one of Jesus Christ’s closest disciples and a foundational leader of the early Christian Church, traditionally regarded as the first Pope.
B. Apostle John
Apostle John was one of Jesus Christ’s closest disciples, traditionally regarded as the author of the Gospel of John, three New Testament epistles, and the Book of Revelation.
C. St. Peter of Damascus
St. Peter of Damascus was a medieval Eastern Christian ascetic and spiritual writer known for his extensive teachings on prayer and inner vigilance, preserved in the Philokalia.
D. Apostle Paul
Apostle Paul was an early Christian missionary and theologian whose letters form a significant portion of the New Testament and profoundly shaped Christian doctrine.
E. Saint Andrew
Saint Andrew is a Christian apostle venerated as the patron saint of countries such as Scotland, Greece, and Romania, often symbolized by the diagonal cross on which he was martyred.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Apostle James the Greater
Target entity description: Apostle James the Greater was one of Jesus Christ’s Twelve Apostles, traditionally regarded as the son of Zebedee and brother of John, and is venerated as the patron saint of pilgrims, especially associated with the shrine of Santiago de Compostela.

A. Apostle Peter
Apostle Peter was one of Jesus Christ’s closest disciples and a foundational leader of the early Christian Church, traditionally regarded as the first Pope.
B. Apostle John
Apostle John was one of Jesus Christ’s closest disciples, traditionally regarded as the author of the Gospel of John, three New Testament epistles, and the Book of Revelation.
C. St. Peter of Damascus
St. Peter of Damascus was a medieval Eastern Christian ascetic and spiritual writer known for his extensive teachings on prayer and inner vigilance, preserved in the Philokalia.
D. Apostle Paul
Apostle Paul was an early Christian missionary and theologian whose letters form a significant portion of the New Testament and profoundly shaped Christian doctrine.
E. Saint Andrew
Saint Andrew is a Christian apostle venerated as the patron saint of countries such as Scotland, Greece, and Romania, often symbolized by the diagonal cross on which he was martyred.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (57)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian saint ⓘ New Testament person ⓘ apostle ⓘ
associatedLegend	mission to Spain ⓘ translation of his relics to Galicia ⓘ
associatedWith	Santiago de Compostela ⓘ
burialPlace	Santiago de Compostela ⓘ
calledBy	Jesus Christ ⓘ
deathCause	martyrdom ⓘ
deathDate	circa 44 AD ⓘ
deathPlace	Jerusalem ⓘ
discipleOf	Jesus Christ ⓘ
ethnicity	Jewish ⓘ
father	Zebedee ⓘ
feastDay	25 July ⓘ
feastDayInOrthodoxChurch	30 April ⓘ 30 June ⓘ
followerOf	Jesus Christ ⓘ
givenName	James ⓘ
honorificTitle	the Greater ⓘ
iconographicAttribute	book or scroll ⓘ pilgrim’s cloak ⓘ scallop shell on clothing ⓘ
killedBy	Herod Agrippa I ⓘ
languageOfName	English ⓘ
majorShrine	Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela ⓘ linked to: Santiago de Compostela Cathedral
mannerOfDeath	beheading ⓘ
memberOf	Twelve Apostles ⓘ
mentionedIn	Acts of the Apostles ⓘ Gospel of Luke ⓘ Gospel of Mark ⓘ Gospel of Matthew ⓘ
mother	Salome ⓘ
nameInLatin	Iacobus Maior ⓘ
nameInSpanish	Santiago ⓘ
nickname	Boanerges ⓘ
nicknameMeaning	sons of thunder ⓘ
notableEvent	first apostle to be martyred ⓘ
occupationBeforeCalling	fisherman ⓘ
partOf	inner circle of Jesus ⓘ
patronSaintOf	Spain ⓘ pilgrims ⓘ
presentAt	Agony in the Garden ⓘ Transfiguration of Jesus ⓘ linked to: Transfiguration raising of Jairus’s daughter ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ
sharesNicknameWith	John the Apostle ⓘ linked to: Apostle John
sibling	John the Apostle ⓘ linked to: Apostle John
symbol	pilgrim’s hat ⓘ pilgrim’s staff ⓘ scallop shell ⓘ
veneratedIn	Anglican Communion ⓘ Eastern Orthodox Church ⓘ linked to: Eastern Orthodox Christianity Lutheran Church ⓘ linked to: Lutheranism Roman Catholic Church ⓘ linked to: Roman Catholicism
workedWith	John the Apostle ⓘ linked to: Apostle John Peter the Apostle ⓘ linked to: Apostle Peter

How these facts were elicited