Who is the St. James of the Camino de Santiago?

Who is St. James of Camino fame? Although he is an apostle of Christ, the answer may be more complicated than you would think! Here I go over the biblical and traditional data on St. James the Greater and explain how these stories eventuated in the pilgrimage route known as the Camino de Santiago (the Way of St. James).
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[@shaileshmathews4086]

❤️Due to 4 reasons One day I 'll do the "CAMINO DE SANTIAGO " If the God allows . ❤️I am a part time musician from India, plays English songs of good old England . ❤️1.Interest in medieval European history ❤️2.Interest in country life not poisoned by left liberal politically correctness. ❤️3.Interest in the legacy of Spanish /Norman christian pride. ❤️4.Above all ....the spirituality which leads to Jesus Christ our lord & savior.

[@BackcountryPilgrim]

All good reasons!

[@joanielivermore1895]

Shailesh Mathews, I hope to walk the Camino for the same reasons as you. I hope you are able to walk the pilgrimage!

[@blurry_bandit1890]

St James and seal Spain 🇪🇸, was a battle cry during the reconquest, it was an appeal to St. James to intercede in closing Spain's borders from foreign bodies and invasion.

[@ms7fam433]

Wow, Doug the Hiker is also Doug the Historian... Glad we found this video. We really hope you complete this quest!

[@BackcountryPilgrim]

Yeah in my other life I actually teach theology. :) We'll see if the stars ever line up again (pun intended haha)!

[@ariessunxleomoon]

Wonderful video and amazing explanation. Thank you so much! 🧡

[@BackcountryPilgrim]

You are so welcome!

[@AJKPenguin]

Well stated. Thank you much @Backcountry Pilgrim. Though I must say the tradition Herod also got beheaded with James is something to take a grain of salt with. . .I presume you took two grains. It is an understanding Herod was struck dead for mocking God and eaten by worms. LOL with the George Castanza reference.

[@BackcountryPilgrim]

Yeah much of the story is hard to nail down, still cool though. :)

[@aarondecangchon9877]

Yes I agree. It was, I believe the jailer of St. James that was converted and was beheaded ahead of St. James to serve as a deterrent to others who might be inclined to convert. This beheading was ordered ahead by Herod Agrippa.

[@BackcountryPilgrim]

Interesting! Thanks!

[@TheChristianEconomist]

Good information, presented clearly and concisely.

[@BackcountryPilgrim]

Thank you! I'll check out your channel, interesting title!

[@highwaychurch5953]

Killer video brother!! Some fantastic history there!! Thanks for putting this together!!

[@BackcountryPilgrim]

You're welcome! Thanks for watching!

[@jambroqc]

I have been t o the Basilica of del Pilar in Zaragoza and Santiago de Compostela. Its so interesting how these two cities are actually inter -connected. Saint James the patron saint of Spain and Virgen del Pilar the patroness of Spain.

[@BackcountryPilgrim]

Thats great! I do not know very much about that.

[@Gabriele251]

@@jambroqc and the 12 of October Our Lady of El Pilar, who appeared to St James, in 1492 Christopher Columbus first saw land and wrote about it in his log ..celebrating a Mass in her honor with the crew once on land. This is recorded in his own dairy. Is also the Day of the Race ..Dia de la Raza..and Our Lady of El Pilar, and arrival to the Americas. FYI only!🔥🙏🏻🙏🏿🙏⛪😇

[@nomeyodomar]

Saint Iago (from the Latin Jacobvs) . After anglofrancophonized it became James The name Santiago is a linguistic natural change of Santo Iago.

[@SadhviJenn]

Jesús was Essene. St. James (and Mary Magdalene) brought the Essene practices with their love for Christ.

[@BackcountryPilgrim]

That's highly speculative on more than one level.

[@SadhviJenn]

@@BackcountryPilgrim he was told to go there by Jesus and spread the word.

[@7071t6]

I can say this much, in 2011 i was told i had cancer and was having treatment at the Oliver newton john cancer centre in Melbourne and on the TV in my room the movie the way was playing, i cried so hard that my heart was acing so much, that i really though i was having a heart attack and it happened when i prayed to juwes to help me when alanis morissette song thank you came on during the movie and now after the 7th of DEC 2022 my tenth year of cancer free, i can say this much juwes died for our sins and he who follows him will never be in darkness, thank you to everyone who supported me, family and friends and god bless everyone. 🙏🙏🙏🙏👌👌🙌🙌👍👍❤❤😎😎

[@BackcountryPilgrim]

Praise God!

[@Gabriele251]

Awesome testimony ..St James is a powerful intercesor, has delivered and touched many lives through out history ..🔥😇🙏🏻🙏🏿🙏

[@svenlemming5383]

Thank you, exactly what I was looking for! Buen Camano!

[@BackcountryPilgrim]

You're welcome!

[@trishrogers7981]

Thank you so much! We have walked the way of St James in 2015, unforgettable 🙏🏼

[@BackcountryPilgrim]

That's great! I missed my shot in 2020 due to the pandemic, but I may try again someday. Ultreia!

[@chhandap4223]

Thank you very much . When i visited i don't know so much details about. Today after5years i am satisfied. Thank you and huggs for this. God bless you.

[@BackcountryPilgrim]

So nice of you, glad you liked it!

[@yohnnyg]

thank you so much! This is a fantastic and easy to understand overview!

[@BackcountryPilgrim]

You're welcome!

[@chhandap4223]

Thank you very much for explained so nicely. I was and still i have so much curiosity.

[@BackcountryPilgrim]

You're welcome!

[@trilogiedelarche]

Wonderful job, very clear, thanks for this precious amount of information, let the Good news be spread out !

[@BackcountryPilgrim]

You are very welcome!

[@clothiers5148]

Thank you for this clear and comprehensive presentation. I plan to walk the Camino de Santiago September 2022. I understand it is then Autumn in Spain and a good time to walk. I hope by then our world will be healthier and I'll be permitted to leave Australia and accepted for entry to Spain. Kind Regards.

[@BackcountryPilgrim]

Thank you. Good luck and Buen Camino!

[@emilyhutjes]

St. James is in Dutch: JACOBUS ( NEW TESTAMENT)

[@jimboy2603]

Thank you, now it's making a connection between James and Santiago.

[@BackcountryPilgrim]

Great! I don't want the original purpose of the Camino to be lost even if not everyone walks it as a pilgrimage. :)

[@garytucker8696]

Knights of the Cross with the Red Star

[@JamesTaylor-je6es]

@@garytucker8696 eloquently put, thank you

[@BackcountryPilgrim]

You're welcome!

[@BackcountryPilgrim]

Thanks for watching!

[@mcgarrtirishgal3903]

11:41 and sanctus is also holy, which is probably where saint comes from..🤔

[@BackcountryPilgrim]

Its definitely where Saint comes from. And sanctuary, sanctify, etc. !

[@CatherineMary61]

Good summary of St James! Was looking for a documentary EWTN showed a few years ago and found yours. I’m hoping to do the Camino Francais in 2023. Your hiking videos will help for prepping!

[@BackcountryPilgrim]

Oh great! I hope it goes well for you. Buen Camino!

[@TangoDelta70]

Excellent video! Your information coincides with a lot of research that I've done for an Essay that I'm writing for College about The Camino and Saint James! Thanks for posting this! Great work!

[@BackcountryPilgrim]

Glad it was helpful!

[@aarondecangchon9877]

Hi Tim Hartman. Did you get around to finishing your essay?

[@TangoDelta70]

@@aarondecangchon9877 yes I did

[@aarondecangchon9877]

Would you mind sharing your insights with us?

[@avnerperl9935]

Thank you. I learned something. Avner 2022

[@BackcountryPilgrim]

You're welcome!

[@LeslieKlinger]

oh this is really cool......bring me back a sea shell for my office!

[@keithjacobsen6771]

appreciate blessings .

[@alienwolf2]

thank you its very interesting especially with the three james

[@BackcountryPilgrim]

Glad you enjoyed!

[@vinithomasi]

great video! thanks!

[@seleneelf2961]

Moral of the story : dont listen to pillars

[@BackcountryPilgrim]

Point missed ^. :)

[@gliderrider]

Fascinating stuff! It’s a lot to take in so I’ll probably watch this a couple of times more. I just retired and my wife suggest we do the Camino 2020. It was on my bucket list so hoping to start mid June. I know it’s hot then but that’s when our kids are out of school. Thanks for the video.

[@gliderrider]

Doug Beaumont - Flight booked! I can’t believe it!

[@aaronargottelopez3488]

[@genewood9062]

Hmm. The risen Christ did say "go to the end of the earth" [Acts 1:8] And the Romans had already got to Finis Terrae well before. James could have known that. So it makes good sense. Not Scripture, but scriptural. And your info re the dates shows there was enough time for all this to occur. As for the events of the 800's, mmm, possible, as expressed in images of medieval piety. I know of just as great miracles in our day. Logic demands, though, we see how this all suited the political and military needs of the king of Spain. But then, in the OT God often used pagan kings as His servants. So it does make sense for Him to use a Christian king in this case. Very convincing. Now I think there is good theological, beyond the historical basis for the Camino. Thanks! God bless!

[@BackcountryPilgrim]

As a friend once reminded me, "History happens for a reason." :)

[@JamesTaylor-je6es]

Your empirical outset is to be admired. We have lived in a world of disinformation for a long time now. We're getting in reach of the truth, one step at a time

[@jjadriottt9073]

Great research and wonderful video! 👏👏👏👍

[@BackcountryPilgrim]

Thank you!

[@rampartranger7749]

Oh, thanks for the correction! I had thought “Compostela” was related to English ‘compost,’ a trash-pile, into which a poor dead person’s body might be thrown.

[@BackcountryPilgrim]

Yikes! Glad to be of service. :)

[@genewood9062]

This seems the right place to add the following. Camino videos show Roman Catholic churches. Protestants may feel left out. BUT: we were ALL "holy catholic [Greek, "universal"] Church" until the Great Schism of 1054. So from 834 to 1054, its first 220 years, the Camino was simply Christian. After that, Catholic. But we were not divided into Roman Catholic, and Protestant Catholic until the Reformation, 500 years later. So Baptists and Pentecostals are just as much part of this tradition as Roman Catholics are.

[@BackcountryPilgrim]

Those who leave often feel left out. ;) It would be more accurate to say Protestants and Catholics have a shared history than a shared tradition - most of what the Camino is makes no sense on a Protestant paradigm.

[@genewood9062]

@@BackcountryPilgrim You're right. I think we likely dropped pilgrimages at the Reformation. Though, I have been guest preacher at ecumenical services in R.C. churches. And on the Camino, I think I could attend the pilgrim's mass and still get a lot out of it. All a Protestant would need to do, as a peregrino, is pack along a Gideons New Testament-Psalms-Proverbs pocket Bible, and read it every day. After all, as someone said, if you insist on only having fellowship where you have total agreement, it will be just you and your wife! Thanks! :--}

[@BackcountryPilgrim]

Well since Protestants already define theology any way they want, I don't see a problem with them defining a pilgrimage any way they want. :) LOL Juuuuust having fun. ;) (Insert statue worship joke here.) Hahahahaha.

[@genewood9062]

@@BackcountryPilgrim Hi: Protestants use the idea of pilgrimage as a metaphor for the Christian life. Most famous, and cited in some Camino videos, would be "Pilgrim's Progress", by John Bunyan. I seem to recall that this was the second best selling book in the world, for two centuries. Lately, a fourteen year old boy in our family died. I believe, trusting in Christ. I wrote a note using the Camino as a metaphor. His life was like getting to Santiago. Now he has gone on to Finisterra, and the ocean of eternity lies before him. Some readers may be comforted, or be able to comfort others, with this image.

[@genewood9062]

@@BackcountryPilgrim Our discussion reminded me of the Spanish Inquisition. A key part of our tribal memory. Made me ask, 'Is a Protestant safe, or welcome, on the Camino?" I just did a Google search for "Santiago Spain Church Directory". There are only Roman Catholic churches, and not even one Protestant church, in Santiago! Guess I don't feel welcome to go there.

[@alangervasis]

Isn't Spain mentioned in Romans 15: 24 ???

[@BackcountryPilgrim]

Yes! St. Paul expressed his hope to visit the Church in Rome on his way to Spain. His "4th Missionary Journey" was mot recorded in Acts, but there is good evidence from history that he traveled one more time after his initial arrest and trial in Rome, and this would correlate to some of his final epistles. Whether he made it to Spain or not is not know for certain but he definitely might have!

[@mercedes2794]

Very interesting

[@BackcountryPilgrim]

Glad you think so!

[@shafur3]

Thank you.

[@BackcountryPilgrim]

You bet!

[@bcmas7481]

Why wasn't James not buried with Juses? What was the tradition then?!

[@BackcountryPilgrim]

The tradition is what I explained in the video. Who is Juses?

[@dipijoseph]

Amazing, you explained well.

[@BackcountryPilgrim]

Thank you!

[@brucestirling8215]

Great video thanks

[@BackcountryPilgrim]

Thanks!

[@Kitiwake]

Santiago is the traditional burial place of Saint James the apostle and a centuries old Catholic pilgrimage trail used in order to perform penance for our sins or to gain an indulgence. Why would pilgrims seek those spiritual benefits otherwise?

[@BackcountryPilgrim]

I'm not sure how to answer this. Did I imply that they wouldn't?

[@Kitiwake]

Yes. You avoided what a pilgrimage is and the reason why pilgrims began to make the trip to to Santiago.

[@BackcountryPilgrim]

​@wolfthequarrelsome I did not "avoid" anything. The video was not about pilgrimage purposes - it was about who St. James is (hence the title).

[@pismorichy]

Just returned from Francis Camino, I definitely am returning next April. Walking behind the Altar in the Cathedral at Santiago was incredible and I will never forget.. Buen Camino. 🎉

[@BackcountryPilgrim]

Good on ya! Ultreia!

[@Longordon1]

Not Spain but Portugal

[@BackcountryPilgrim]

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[@Longordon1]

@@BackcountryPilgrim The boat stranded in Matosinhos (Portugal), the body went to Spain. The name of the knight is Cayo Carpo a centurion from Rome Empire.

[@BackcountryPilgrim]

@@Longordon1 Yet another version! :)

[@Longordon1]

@@BackcountryPilgrim lot people talk about the year 44, was famous in 11 century, exist records from families

[@Longordon1]

@@BackcountryPilgrim 2 families have symbol give from the Lord to them, disciples of Christ said that, that families are very important in judaism and christianism, denied that families is same denied judaism and christianism