亦稱大雅各（James the GREat）。
　　卒于西元44？年

　　耶穌基督的十二使徒之一。雅各和他的兄弟圣約翰是加利利海的漁夫，是最早受耶穌感召的門徒。雅各是使徒中的核心圈內人物之一，他見證過耶穌的一些重大事跡，如主顯圣容和耶穌在客西馬尼園中憂傷祈禱。西元44年猶太國王希律。亞基帕一世下令把他斬首。據傳，雅各的遺體被運到西班牙的圣地牙哥－德康坡斯特拉（Santiago de Compostela），該地的圣雅各祠長久以來是一個朝圣地。

　　One of the 12 Apostles of Jesus. He and his brother John （see St. John the Apostle） were fishermen on the Sea of Galilee and were among the first disciples to be called. As a member of the inner circle of disciples， he witnessed the major events in the ministry of Jesus， including the Transfiguration and the agony in the Garden of Gethsemane. He was beheaded in AD 44 by order of Herod Agrippa. By tradition， his body was taken to Santiago de Compostela， Spain， where his shrine has long been a place of pilgrimage.