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St. James slaying Moors. (Anonymous, 18th century, Cusco School of Peru) Saint James the Moor-slayer (Spanish: Santiago Matamoros) is the name given to the representation (painting, sculpture, etc.) of the apostle James the Great, as a legendary, miraculous figure who appeared at the also legendary Battle of Clavijo, helping the Christians conquer the Muslim Moors.
On March 14, 1989, University of Texas at Austin student Mark James Kilroy was kidnapped in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico, while vacationing during spring break. He was taken by his abductors to a ranch where he was tortured and sodomized for hours before being murdered in a human sacrifice ritual. Kilroy was killed with a machete blow and then ...
Due to his purported role in leading a Christian victory in the mythical Battle of Clavijo as James Matamoros (James the Moor-slayer), James is held as patron saint of the Spaniards. Because of his role in northern Spain, James is venerated throughout the Basque Country and Galicia where July 25 is a public holiday. [3]
Mariano Matamoros (1770–1814), a liberal priest and insurgent active during the Mexican War of Independence; Miguel Matamoros (1894–1971), a Cuban musician and composer Trio Matamoros, Cuban trova group founded by Miguel Matamoros; Saint James Matamoros, 'the Moor-slayer', Spanish mythological figure
James the Great [a] (Koinē Greek: Ἰάκωβος, romanized: Iákōbos; Aramaic: ܝܥܩܘܒ, romanized: Yaʿqōḇ; died AD 44) was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus. According to the New Testament , he was the second of the apostles to die after Judas Iscariot and the first to be martyred . [ 1 ]
Right: The warrior James Matamoros, painted by Tiepolo in 1749–50. The novella contains significant Christian symbolism . The name "Santiago" is Spanish for St. James , the Apostle who had previously, according to the New Testament , been a fisherman, and who posthumously became the patron saint of Spain with his shrine at Santiago de ...
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By pontifical decree, the Immaculate Conception alone is the universal and national patroness of Spain, by virtue of a papal mandate issued by Pope Clement XIII on 8 November 1760, while James the Greater remains, the same pope declared, the primary patron [24] of the Spanish people.