Today would be in the novus ordo the feast of SS Philip and James, were it not a Sunday, and traditionally May 1st was their feast day until the creation by Pope Pius XII in the 1955 Missal of
the feast of St Joseph the Worker on that day. They are still observed in the Anglican and Lurtheran traditions on May 1st.
The Holy Apostles Saint James and Saint Philip with episodes of their lives and martyrdoms
Spinello Aretino,circa 1399.
Fresco, Chiesa di San Domenico, Arezzo.
Image:christchurchwindsor.ca
There are biographies and accounts of the apocryphal writings about them in the online articles at Philip the Apostle and James the Less. The latter article argues that James is not to be confused or conflated with James, "the Lord’s brother" or "the Just".
I have older posts about St Philip at Tomb of St Philip the Apostle and about the relic of his skull at St Philip the Apostle.
I have older posts about St Philip at Tomb of St Philip the Apostle and about the relic of his skull at St Philip the Apostle.
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