Editing James the Less (section)

{{Short description|Christian saint and one of the Twelve Apostles}}
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{{Infobox saint
|honorific_prefix = [[Saint]]
|name         = James the Less 
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|venerated_in = All [[Christian denomination]]s which recognize [[saint]]s
|image        = Rubens apostel jakobus mindere grt.jpg
|caption      = St. James the Less by [[Peter Paul Rubens]] (1613)
}}
'''James the Less''' ({{langx|grc|Ἰάκωβος ὁ μικρός}} {{lang|grc-Latn|Iakōbos ho mikros}}) is a figure of [[early Christianity]]. He is also called "the Minor", "the Little", "the Lesser", or "the Younger", according to translation, James is styled "the Less" to distinguish him from the Apostle [[James the Great]]  (also called "James the Elder") with "Less" meaning younger or shorter rather than less important. James the Great was the brother of [[John the Apostle]]. 

James the Less has traditionally been commemorated along with [[Philip the Apostle|St. Philip]] in the [[Western Christianity|Western Christian]] calendars. In the [[Roman Catholic Church]] their feast day was observed on 1 May until 1955, when it was moved to 11 May to accommodate the Feast of St Joseph the Worker on 1 May. A [[General Roman Calendar of 1969|later revision of the calendar]] moved the feast to 3 May. In many other churches (for example, the [[Church of England]]) the feast has never moved from 1 May.

He is identified by [[Jerome]] as the same person also called "[[James, brother of Jesus|James the Just]]" and "[[James, brother of Jesus]]" in the Bible, thought of by Jerome and others as really a cousin of Jesus, and by [[Papias of Hierapolis]] he is also identified with "[[James, son of Alphaeus]]", one of the [[Apostles in the New Testament|Twelve Apostles]].