SAINTS OF THE DAY MAY 3 ( SAINTS PHILIP AND JAMES ) PRAY FOR US.

Saint Philip the Apostle

Additional Memorials

• 3 May (Roman calendar; Evangelical Church in Germany)
• 1 May (Anglican; Evangelical Lutheran; Lutheran Church Missouri Synod; pre-1955 Roman calendar)
• 11 October (Lutheran; Episcopal Church USA)
• 14 November (Greek calendar; Orthodox; Russia)
• 17 November (Armenian Church)
• 18 November (Coptic Church)
• 31 July (translation of relics of Cyprus)

Profile

Disciple of Saint John the Baptist. Convert. One of the Twelve Apostle. Brought Saint Nathanael to Christ. Confidant of Jesus. Little is known about him, but scriptural episodes give the impression of a shy, naive, but practical individual. Preached in Greece and Asia Minor. Martyr.

Born

at Bethsaida, Palestine

Died

stoned to death while tied to a cross c.80 at Hierapolis, Phrygia (near modern Pamukkale, Turkey)

Patronage

• hat makers, hatters, milliners
• pastry chefs
• Luxembourg
• Uruguay
• 37 cities

Representation

• elderly bearded man holding a basket of loaves and a cross which is often t-shaped
• elderly man casting a devil from the idol of Mars
• elderly man crucified on a tall cross
• elderly man holding loaves and fishes
• elderly man with a dragon nearby
• elderly man with a loaf and book
• elderly man with a snake nearby
• loaves of bread
• man baptizing the Ethiopian eunuch
• man holding a book or scroll reading descendit ad inferna
• tall cross
• with Saint Andrew the Apostle.

Saint James the Lesser

Also known as

• Jacobus Minor
• James the Just
• James the Less
• James the Younger
• James, son of Alphaeus
• James, the brother of the Lord

Additional Memorials

• 1 May (under the title James, son of Alpheus; Anglican)
• 9 October (Orthodox as James, son of Alpheus)
• 23 October (Luther Church in America as James the Just; Orthodox as James the Righeous)
• 26 December (Eastern Orthodox)

Profile

Cousin of Jesus. Brother of Saint Jude Thaddeus. Raised is a Jewish home of the time with all the training in Scripture and Law that was part of that life. Convert. One of the Twelve Apostles. One of the first to have visions of the risen Christ. First Bishop of Jerusalem. Met with Saint Paul the Apostle to work out Paul's plans for evangelization. Supported the position that Gentile converts did not have to obey all Jewish religious law, though he continued to observe it himself as part of his heritage, may have been a vegetarian. A just and apostolic man known for his prayer life and devotion to the poor. Martyr.

Having been beaten to death, a club almost immediately became his symbol. This led to his patronage of fullers and pharmacists, both of whom use clubs in their professions. He is reported to have spent so much time in prayer that his knees thickened, and looked like a camel's. Soon after the Crucifixion, James said he would fast until Christ returned; the resurrected Jesus appeared to him, and fixed a meal for James Himself.

Died

c.62 at Jerusalem by being thrown from a pinnacle of the Temple, then stoned and beaten with clubs, including fuller's mallets, while praying for his attackers

Patronage

• dying people
• apothecaries, druggists, pharmacists
• fullers
• hatmakers, hatters, milliners
• Uruguay
• 8 cities in Italy

Representation

• fuller's club
• man holding a book
• square rule.