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title: "St. James: Feast Day July 25 · Bless"
url: https://blessbible.app/saints/st-james/
description: "St. James, Apostle, patron of Spain and pilgrims. Feast day July 25, died c. 44. Read their life in Bless."
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Apostle · Feast day July 25

# St. James

The feast day of St. James is July 25, a feast in the US Catholic calendar. Traditionally invoked as patron of Spain and pilgrims.

|  |  |
|---|---|
| Feast day | [July 25](https://blessbible.app/saints/july/#25) |
| In the US calendar | Feast |
| Title | Apostle |
| Died | c. 44 |
| Patron of | [Spain](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/#spain), [pilgrims](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/#pilgrims) |
| Next on Bless’s Today screen | [Sunday, July 25, 2027](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-james/#calendar) |

## Life

Son of Zebedee, brother of John, mending nets when the call came. With Peter and John he made the inner three — at the raising of Jairus’s daughter, on Tabor, in Gethsemane. Jesus named the brothers Boanerges, ‘sons of thunder,’ and thunder they were.

He asked for a seat at the Lord’s right hand and got instead the Lord’s cup: first of the Twelve to die, beheaded by Herod Agrippa about the year 44. Compostela, where tradition brought his body, became medieval Europe’s great pilgrimage.

## Patron of

Tradition invokes St. James as patron of Spain and pilgrims.

[Spain](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/#spain) [Pilgrims](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/#pilgrims)

### Saints with the same patronage

- [St. Teresa of Ávila](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-teresa-of-avila/) Spain · October 15

Patronages are traditional, not an official list. [All patron saints in Bless, A to Z](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/).

## In the calendar

The upcoming dates, through December 31, 2028, when Bless’s Today screen shows St. James. Where the US calendar keeps another celebration that day, it is named instead and no rank is given.

| Date | In the US calendar | Color | Mass readings (US) |
|---|---|---|---|
| [Sunday, July 25, 2027](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2027/07/25/) | Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time | Green | 2 Kings 4:42-44 · Psalm 145:10-11, 15-16, 17-18 · Ephesians 4:1-6 · Luke 7:16 · John 6:1-15 |
| [Tuesday, July 25, 2028](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2028/07/25/) | St. James, Apostle (Feast) | Red | 2 Corinthians 4:7-15 · Psalm 126:1bc-2ab, 2cd-3, 4-5, 6 · See John 15:16 · Matthew 20:20-28 |

Readings

Later citations were computed by Bless from the US Lectionary cycle — confirm with your parish.

[July 24 St. Sharbel Makhlouf](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-sharbel-makhlouf/) [July 26 Sts. Joachim and Anne](https://blessbible.app/saints/sts-joachim-and-anne/)

[All the saints of July](https://blessbible.app/saints/july/) [Born on July 25?](https://blessbible.app/saints/birthday/#07-25) [A saint for every day](https://blessbible.app/saints/)

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St. James

Feast day July 25

On this page

1. [Life](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-james/#life)
2. [Patron of](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-james/#patron)
3. [In the calendar](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-james/#calendar)

In the app

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