Today, July 25, is the feast day of St. James the Apostle, the patron of pilgrims, laborers and haymakers. In medieval times, Dubliners would hold an annual drinking festival on this day in honor ...

July 25 is the “Festas do Apóstolo,” the amazing feast day of the Saint who brought ... de Compostela but also Galicia; which means St. James Day is also Galicia Day and a holiday in ...

Each July 25, St. James’ feast day, villagers in Sahuayo reenact a 9th-century battle between the Moors and Christians that led to St. James becoming the patron saint of the reconquest of Spain.

On this day we celebrate the feast of St. James the Greater, Apostle. James was a son of Zebedee and a brother of John. Jesus called James and John the Boanerges -- Sons of Thunder, perhaps ...