I am busy writing a historical novel set in the year 814 about the first pilgrimage of Alfonso II to the burial site of James the Apostle. When the headless body was discovered in the Roman Cemetery in the year 814, James was not yet a Saint.
Two post mortem miracles are required for Sainthood and since his body was hidden these could not have occurred until his body was found.
Wikipedea list the Canonization date of Saint James as "Pre-Congregation" or before 1100 AD when the process was formalized by the Catholic Church. My understanding is that Bishops were naming Saints at the time. Was it Bishop Teodomiro who recorded the miracles required for Sainthood and what were those miracles? After 1100 the Pope had the final determination of Sainthood.
The other requirements are that the candidate led an "exemplary life of goodness and virtue worthy of imitation". As one of Jesus Christs' most trusted Apostles this certainly would have been the case.
The death of a martyr is also highly regarded in the question of Sainthood and James was in fact the very first martyr. All but one of the Apostles died a martyr's death. So James the Fisherman became Saint James some time after 814 but before 1100. Does anyone know more about the details?
Two post mortem miracles are required for Sainthood and since his body was hidden these could not have occurred until his body was found.
Wikipedea list the Canonization date of Saint James as "Pre-Congregation" or before 1100 AD when the process was formalized by the Catholic Church. My understanding is that Bishops were naming Saints at the time. Was it Bishop Teodomiro who recorded the miracles required for Sainthood and what were those miracles? After 1100 the Pope had the final determination of Sainthood.
The other requirements are that the candidate led an "exemplary life of goodness and virtue worthy of imitation". As one of Jesus Christs' most trusted Apostles this certainly would have been the case.
The death of a martyr is also highly regarded in the question of Sainthood and James was in fact the very first martyr. All but one of the Apostles died a martyr's death. So James the Fisherman became Saint James some time after 814 but before 1100. Does anyone know more about the details?