Editing James the Great (section)

===Feast===
{{main|Feast of Saint James}}
The feast day of St. James is celebrated on 25 July on the [[liturgical calendar]]s of the [[Roman Catholic]], [[Anglican]], [[Lutheran]] and certain other [[Protestant]] churches. The traditional reason why St. James' feast day is held on the 25th of July is the belief that he was martyred on this date in the year 44 AD. However, some historians argue that July 25th was chosen so as to coincide with the feast day of [[Saint Christopher]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jeffery (Fresco) |date=2024-02-19 |title=The Feast of Saint James on July 25th |url=https://frescotours.com/the-feast-of-saint-james-on-july-25th/ |access-date=2025-04-13 |website=Fresco Tours |language=es}}</ref>

He is commemorated on 30 April in the [[Orthodox Christian liturgical calendar]] (for those churches which follow the traditional [[Julian Calendar]], 30 April currently falls on 13 May of the modern [[Gregorian Calendar]]) and on 30 June ([[12 apostles|Synaxis of the Apostles]]). The [[National Day of Galicia]] is also celebrated on 25 July: St James is its patron saint.<ref>{{Cite web |title=DOG 1 do 01/01/1979 - DECRETO POLO QUE SE DECLARA DIA NACIONAL DE GALICIA O DIA 25 DE XULLO DE CADA ANO. |url=https://www.xunta.gal/dog/Publicados/1979/19790101/Anuncio956_gl.html |access-date=2023-10-02 |website=www.xunta.gal |language=gl}}</ref>

Saint James the Apostle is [[Calendar of saints (Church of England)|remembered]] in the [[Church of England]] with the [[Festival (Anglicanism)|Festival]] on 25 July.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Calendar|url=https://www.churchofengland.org/prayer-and-worship/worship-texts-and-resources/common-worship/churchs-year/calendar|access-date=27 March 2021|website=The Church of England|language=en}}</ref>