St. James is the patron saint of Santiago de Compostela but also Galicia; which means St. James Day is also Galicia Day and a holiday in the region.

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The historic shrine of St. James (Santiago de Compostela) in Galicia, northern Spain, has grown enormously in popularity in recent years. In 2014, some 237,886 pilgrims collected their compostela ...

Click here for the Wikipedia article on the Way of St. James, the pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela, and here for the article on James, Son of Zebedee.

St James Way: The return of the UK's medieval highway (Credit: Britpix/Alamy) The growing popularity of the Camino de Santiago has spurred the revival of a newly marked 68.5-mile pilgrimage in ...

Spanish train crash: Santiago de Compostela cancels festival of St James. By TRAVELMAIL REPORTER . Published: 05:43 EDT, 25 July 2013 | Updated: 05:43 EDT, 25 July 2013 ...

A decade in the making, the Cathedral Basilica of St. Augustine and the city will be the official U.S.A. starting point this fall for Spain’s centuries-old Camino de Santiago (The Way of St. James).

If July 25, St. James' name day, falls on a Sunday, a holy year at Santiago de Compostela is declared. The last time that happened was in 2010 and 270,000 pilgrims turned up.

An 18th-century wooden statue of St James slaying Moorish infidels has been removed from the cathedral of Santiago de Compostela because of fears that it might offend Muslims.