Santi Dodici Apostoli

  • Witnesses to the Resurrection: St James the Lesser

    Name: St James the Lesser Feast Day: May 3 Patronage: The Dying, Hat makers, Pharmacists, Uruguay Death: 62AD, Jerusalem. Stoning. Shrine: Basilica of the Twelve Holy Apostles, Rome Scripture and Life: Tradition holds that St James the Lesser was a strict ascetic and prayed so much that his knees were...
  • Witnesses to the Resurrection: St Philip the Apostle

    Name: St Philip the Apostle Feast Day: May 3 Death: Hierapolis, 1st century AD. Crucified and stoned to death. Shrine: Basilica of the Twelve Holy Apostles, Rome Patron: Pastry Chefs, Hatters, Uruguay, Cape Verde, Frascati Life and Scripture: St Philip was from Bethsaida in Galilee, on the East Bank...