Editing James the Great (section)

===Medieval "Santiago Matamoros" legend===
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[[File:Giovanni Battista Tiepolo - St Jacobus in Budapest.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Saint James Matamoros|Saint James as the Moor-killer]] by [[Giovanni Battista Tiepolo]] ([[Museum of Fine Arts (Budapest)|Museum of Fine Arts]], [[Budapest]]). His mantle is that of his military order.]]

An even later tradition states that he miraculously appeared to fight for the Christian army during the legendary [[battle of Clavijo]], and was henceforth called ''Santiago Matamoros'' (Saint James the [[Moors|Moor]]-slayer). ''[[Santiago y cierra España|¡Santiago, y cierra, España!]]'' ("St. James and strike for Spain") was the traditional [[battle cry]] of medieval Spanish (Christian) armies. [[Miguel de Cervantes]] has [[Don Quixote]] explaining that "the great knight of the russet cross was given by God to Spain as patron and protector".{{sfn|Cervantes|1863|p=441}}