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The Santiago cathedral has the head of James the Less (Santiago's uncle)
dis-connection?I've never heard of this connection before.
I started researching the relics of St James in 2008 and since then have collected a number of accounts of places that claim to have relics of St James the Greater...................
Altogether, from the 6th century, there were 4 bodies, 15 heads, 2 places with parts of the skull, numerous limbs and finger bones....
You were there ahead of me Freescot!dis-connection?
Nicely said Stephen,Yes - there are so many reputed 'bits' of bodies all over Europe: and probably no-one will ever know what is authentic and what is false.
But accepting the idea that James might just be in the cathedral at Santiago is all I need to get me on the camino once again: and after I arrive I'll probably once again shed a quiet tear and say a prayer of thanks for my safe arrival.
May God bless St. James wherever he may be .... and bless each of us as we follow our pilgrimage to Santiago ... and through life.
I didn't know St James the Less' head was in Santiago cathedral. I don't think he was Santiago's uncle, as there is no reference to Zebedee (Santiago's father) or Mary Salome (his mother, possibly the BVM's sister, or 1st cousin) having a brother James in any of the gospels or apochrypha. Matthew 27,56 refers to James the Less' mother as one of the "Three Marys" present at the crucifixion ("the other Mary" in Matthew 28,1, also mentioned in John 19,25 as one of 3 or 4 women present), possibly Mary of Cleopas, a close relation (or relation by marriage) of St Joseph, and just possibly one of the two people who meet Christ on the road to Emmaus (Luke 24,18).The Santiago cathedral has the head of James the Less (Santiago's uncle)
I didn't know St James the Less' head was in Santiago cathedral. I don't think he was Santiago's uncle, as there is no reference to Zebedee (Santiago's father) or Mary Salome (his mother, possibly the BVM's sister, or 1st cousin) having a brother James in any of the gospels or apochrypha. Matthew 27,56 refers to James the Less' mother as one of the "Three Marys" present at the crucifixion ("the other Mary" in Matthew 28,1, also mentioned in John 19,25 as one of 3 or 4 women present), possibly Mary of Cleopas, a close relation (or relation by marriage) of St Joseph, and just possibly one of the two people who meet Christ on the road to Emmaus (Luke 24,18).
Hi Sillydoll, I am writing a book about the Camino and would love to use this post above, would that be ok? My email is [removed by moderator; please use private Conversation instead of posting personal emails]. Thank you!I started researching the relics of St James in 2008 and since then have collected a number of accounts of places that claim to have relics of St James the Greater.
There were 3 bodies in France (an authentic relic in Toulouse), and one in Spain (Santiago)
9 heads in France and numerous limbs.
1 head in Jerusalem (its still there in the Church of St James the Less)
5 heads in Italy (2 in Venice, 1 in Valencia, 1 in Amalfi, 1 in Artois)
In the Church of the Apostles in Rome are preserved a piece his skull and some of his blood.
There are bones, hands, and arms in Sicily, on the island of Capri, at Pavia, in Bavaria, at Liege and Cologne and a finger in Segovia and in Burgos.
There was an arm preserved in Torcello near Venice from about the 6th Century which was passed down to Henry V.
His widow Matilda took the left hand to England where it became the prime relic at Reading Abbey and wrought many miracles. The abbey was destroyed by Henry V111 in 1538 during the dissolution of the monasteries and the relic disappeared.
(In 1786 workmen digging at Ready Abbey found an old iron chest that contained a mummified hand believed by some to be the relic of Saint James. It now resides in a glass case at St Peter's Church, Marlow.)
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Altogether, from the 6th century, there were 4 bodies, 15 heads, 2 places with parts of the skull, numerous limbs and finger bones.
The Santiago cathedral has the head of James the Less (Santiago's uncle) but another skull attributed to James the Less has been known since the Middle Ages in Ancona, Italy, now housed in the Diocesan Museum adjacent to the cathedral church of St Cyriac.
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