Who is St. James?

1. Drew Students on Pilgrimage 2011 France Spain

2. What is a pilgrimage?

3. Spain

4. Current day Spain Santiago de Compostela

5. The Way of Saint James Saint James Way El Camino de Santiago Pilgrims started walking to Santiago de Compostela in the 800s

6. Walking in the footsteps of history

7. Roman road – over 2000 years old!

8. Four roads through France bring pilgrims to Santiago de Compostela.

9. Who is St. James Saint James James the Greater Santiago St. James the Pilgrim Santiago Peregrino St. James the Muslim-killer Santiago Matamoros … and why is he a saint?

10. Jesus recruited 12 disciples (students) James was fishing with his father and brother John when Jesus called him. I will make you fishers of men

11. James joins Jesus. The Disciples travel around with Son of God as he goes about curing people, raising them from the dead and performing miracles like walking on water and turning water into wine.

12. Transfiguration : Christ reveals his divine nature to three disciples. James

13. Raphael , Transfiguration, 1520

14. Agony in the Garden: Christ prays to God for strength. This is a turning point in Christ’s life: after this moment the process leading to Christ’s crucifixion begin.

16. {my absolute favorite Christ painting, you guys will get to see it!!!} Rogier van der Weyden, Descent for the Cross, 1399 Prado Museum

17. James is beheaded in 42 C.E.

18. The legend of St. James preaching in Spain…. Returns to Jerusalem and is beheaded. St. James’s body returns to Spain by an unmanned boat and is buried in a mountain. *** Miracles are a necessary requirement of a person to be considered for sainthood. Prado Museum

19. Scallop shell No one knows the origin of the symbol. 1) Ocean side miracles. 2) Ancient souvenirs. St. James the Pilgrim

20. Milky Way CompusStellarum (Latin) Field of Stars = person is born. = souls of the decent head west, to the end of the earth, realm of the dead.

21. Meanwhile …

22. Medieval Europe – about 1100 12th century

23. Hmmm... Now, let me think. Where did I put that guy?

24. The legend of Pelayo, the shepherd, finding the tomb of St. James. 813 C.E.

25. St. James the Pilgrim {Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela}

26. Santiago Peregrino at the Prado Museum.

27. The legend of Santiago Matamoros. St. James the Moor-killer St. James miraculously appears at the battle of Clavijo in 844.

29. Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela, (1075 – 1700s) 997 original building destroyed by Moors.

30. Christianity was booming! Churches were built all along the pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela 12th-13th c. France built 80 Cathedrals and 500 churches. Saint Sernin, France

32. During the long and arduous journey pilgrims often sang. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Me72NBPRrk&feature=related

33. The Last Judgment

36. The Holy right hand of St. Stephen. Head of St. John the Baptist