one of the 12 apostles of jesus. he and his brother john were fishermen on the sea of galilee and were among the first disciples1 to be called. as a member of the inner circle of disciples, he witnessed the major *nts in the ministry2 of jesus, including the tran*iguration and the agony in the garden of gethsemane. he was beheaded in ad 44 by order of *d agrippa. by tradition, his body was taken to santiago de compostela, spain, where his shrine3 has long been a place of pilgrimage.
**的十二使徒之一。雅各和他的兄弟圣约翰是加利利海的渔夫，是*早受*感召的门徒。雅各是使徒中的核心圈内人物之一，他见证过*的一些重大事迹，如主显圣容和*在客西马尼园中忧伤祈祷。西元44年犹太国王希律。亚基帕一世下令把他斩首。据传，雅各的遗体被运到西班牙的圣地牙哥-德康坡斯特拉，该地的圣雅各祠长久以来是一个朝圣地。
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