Apostle James the Brother of the Lord

E916698

Christian saint New Testament person bishop early Christian leader martyr

Apostle James the Brother of the Lord is a key figure of the early Christian Church, traditionally regarded as a relative of Jesus and the first bishop of Jerusalem.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Apostle James the Brother of the Lord canonical	1
James, first bishop of Jerusalem (disputed)	1
Saint James the Brother of the Lord	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11177551 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Apostle James the Brother of the Lord
Context triple: [Sunday after the Nativity, commemorates, Apostle James the Brother of the Lord]

A. Apostle James the Greater
Apostle James the Greater was one of Jesus Christ’s Twelve Apostles, traditionally regarded as the son of Zebedee and brother of John, and is venerated as the patron saint of pilgrims, especially associated with the shrine of Santiago de Compostela.
B. Apostle James the Less
Apostle James the Less is one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus, traditionally identified as the son of Alphaeus and remembered as a close disciple present at key events in Jesus’ ministry.
C. Apostle Peter
Apostle Peter was one of Jesus Christ’s closest disciples and a foundational leader of the early Christian Church, traditionally regarded as the first Pope.
D. Apostle Simon the Zealot
Apostle Simon the Zealot was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus, traditionally identified as a fervent Jewish nationalist distinguished by his zeal and later missionary work.
E. Andrew the Apostle
Andrew the Apostle was one of the twelve disciples of Jesus, traditionally regarded as the first-called apostle and a key figure in early Christianity.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Apostle James the Brother of the Lord
Target entity description: Apostle James the Brother of the Lord is a key figure of the early Christian Church, traditionally regarded as a relative of Jesus and the first bishop of Jerusalem.

A. Apostle James the Greater
Apostle James the Greater was one of Jesus Christ’s Twelve Apostles, traditionally regarded as the son of Zebedee and brother of John, and is venerated as the patron saint of pilgrims, especially associated with the shrine of Santiago de Compostela.
B. Apostle James the Less
Apostle James the Less is one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus, traditionally identified as the son of Alphaeus and remembered as a close disciple present at key events in Jesus’ ministry.
C. Apostle Peter
Apostle Peter was one of Jesus Christ’s closest disciples and a foundational leader of the early Christian Church, traditionally regarded as the first Pope.
D. Apostle Simon the Zealot
Apostle Simon the Zealot was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus, traditionally identified as a fervent Jewish nationalist distinguished by his zeal and later missionary work.
E. Andrew the Apostle
Andrew the Apostle was one of the twelve disciples of Jesus, traditionally regarded as the first-called apostle and a key figure in early Christianity.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian saint ⓘ New Testament person ⓘ bishop ⓘ early Christian leader ⓘ martyr ⓘ
activityLocation	Jerusalem ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	James of Jerusalem ⓘ James the Just ⓘ James, brother of the Lord ⓘ linked to: James the brother of Jesus James, the brother of Jesus ⓘ linked to: James the brother of Jesus
associatedWithEvent	Council of Jerusalem ⓘ
associatedWithText	Epistle of James ⓘ
authorityRecognizedBy	Paul the Apostle ⓘ linked to: Apostle Paul
deathCause	execution ⓘ
deathDescribedAs	martyrdom in Jerusalem ⓘ
deathPlace	Jerusalem ⓘ
describedAs	key figure of the early Christian Church ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Jewish ⓘ
feastDay	May 1 (some Anglican calendars) ⓘ May 3 (Roman Catholic, traditional calendar) ⓘ October 23 (Eastern Orthodox) ⓘ
leadershipRole	mediator between Jewish Christians and Gentile Christians ⓘ
memberOf	early Christian Church ⓘ linked to: Early Christians
mentionedIn	Acts of the Apostles ⓘ Epistle to the Galatians ⓘ First Epistle to the Corinthians ⓘ Gospel of John ⓘ Gospel of Luke ⓘ Gospel of Mark ⓘ Gospel of Matthew ⓘ New Testament ⓘ
positionHeld	first bishop of Jerusalem ⓘ leader of the Jerusalem church ⓘ
praisedFor	asceticism ⓘ piety ⓘ righteousness ⓘ
relativeOf	Jesus ⓘ
relativeType	brother of the Lord ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ
sourceDescribing	Eusebius of Caesarea ⓘ Hegesippus ⓘ Josephus ⓘ linked to: Flavius Josephus
timePeriod	1st century ⓘ
traditionalAttribution	author of the Epistle of James ⓘ
traditionallyCreditedWith	leadership of the Jerusalem Council ⓘ
veneratedIn	Anglican Communion ⓘ Eastern Orthodox Church ⓘ linked to: Eastern Orthodox Christianity Lutheran Churches ⓘ linked to: European Lutheran churches Oriental Orthodox Churches ⓘ linked to: Oriental Orthodoxy Roman Catholic Church ⓘ linked to: Roman Catholicism

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sunday after the Nativity → commemorates → Apostle James the Brother of the Lord ⓘ

Armenian Convent of St. James → dedicatedTo → Saint James the Brother of the Lord ⓘ

linked to: Apostle James the Brother of the Lord

Iacobus Minor → possibleIdentification → James, first bishop of Jerusalem (disputed) ⓘ