#st James

[upstairsdownstairsandinbetween]

The novelty of a lift at 18, Carlton House Terrace, St James, SW1,

Photographed in 1890,

The MS monogram in the central panel refers to Spanish financier José de Murrieta y del Campo, Marqués de Santurce, who made his fortune in South America.

©Historic England Archive

[portraitsofsaints]

Happy Feast Day

Saint James the Greater

Died 44 AD

Feast day: July 25

Patron of veterinarians,

equestrians, furriers, tanners, pharmacists

He was one of the 12 Apostles of Jesus, the son of Zebedee & Salome & brother of John the Apostle, called the “sons of thunder”.

Prints, plaques & holy cards available for purchase here: (website)

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Saint James the Moor Slayer at the Battle of Clavijo by Belisario Corenzio

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José María Casado del Alisal (Spanish, 1832-1886) Santiago en la batalla de Clavijo (Saint James Moorslayer), 1885 Royal Basilica of Saint Francis the Great

Este cuadro, que representa al apóstol Santiago el Mayor combatiendo a favor de los Cristianos en la mítica y legendaria batalla de Clavijo, fue pintado por José Casado del Alisal en 1885. Se encuentra en la capilla de las Órdenes Militares de la Real Basílica de San Francisco el Grande de Madrid, (España).

[frenchcurious]

L’avantage de travailler dans le quartier de St. James’s à Londres est que j’ai régulièrement l’occasion de voir beaucoup de belles vieilles voitures britanniques dans les rues. - source Paul Hier.

[tomicscomics]

03/03/2023

Get your Son-glasses on.

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JOKE-OGRAPHY: Star Trek.  Look it up. Alright, alright, so in the Bible, Jesus takes a few of His disciples to the top of a mountain and transfigures in front of them.  His face shines like the sun and some other stuff happens.  In this comic, Peter comments that Jesus's face is glowing like the sun, making Him the "Sun of God" as opposed to the "Son of God".  "Sun" and "son" are pronounced the same in English, so... yeah... I guess that's it.  One more ridiculously simple pun for the ol' Tomics records.  Historians will look back upon the majesty of my work and groan.

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St James Place and Fulton Street

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[acocktailmoment]

St James’ Bar ‘The Passenger’ !

Ingredients:

25 ml Boatyard Double Gin

5 ml Boatyard Sloe Boat Gin

15 ml Empirical Spirits ‘The Plum, I Suppose’

15 ml Cocchi Vermouth di Torino

25 ml Campari + Sage

Method:

To create the ‘Campari + Sage’:

Put 50g of fresh sage leaves in a sous-vide bag

Add 700ml of Campari and vacuum-seal the bag

Cook at 23°C for one hour in an ultrasonic bath

Fine strain using a coffee filter, bottle and refrigerate

To create the cocktail:

Fill a mixing tin with cubed ice

Add all the ingredients and stir until cold

Pour into a rocks glass over a large block of ice

Garnish with a fresh sage leaf

This article was not sponsored or supported by a third-party. A Cocktail Moment is not affiliated with any individuals or companies depicted here.  

[travelling-my-little-pony]

Sunny Starscout is on a bus going past the palace of St James.

In London, England.

[fuzzkaizer]

The foot reliquary of St James, Namur, France

cred: internationalschoolhistory.net

[portraitsofsaints]

Saint James the Greater

Died 44 AD

Feast day: July 25 

Patron of veterinarians,

 equestrians, furriers, tanners, pharmacists

James, son of Zebedee was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus. He was the son of Zebedee and Salome and brother of John the Apostle. He is also called James the Greater to distinguish him from James, son of Alphaeus, who is also known as James the Less.

Prints, plaques & holy cards available for purchase here: (website)

[illustratus]

St James the Greater Conquering the Moors

by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

[sometimeslondon]

The ornate steeple of St James Garlickhythe next to a modern office block, City of London

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St. James the Greater, Apostle

The Holy Apostle James, the son of Zebedee, was the brother of Saint John the Theologian, and one of the Twelve Apostles. He and his brother, Saint John, were called to be Apostles by our Lord Jesus Christ, Who called them the “Sons of Thunder” (Mark 3:17). It was this James, with John and Peter, who witnessed the Raising of the Daughter of Jairus, the Lord’s Transfiguration on Mount Tabor, and His agony in the Garden of Gethsemane.

Saint James, after the Descent of the Holy Spirit, preached in Spain and in other lands, and then he returned to Jerusalem. He openly and boldly preached Jesus Christ as the Savior of the world, and he denounced the Pharisees and the Scribes with the words of Holy Scripture, reproaching them for their malice of heart and unbelief. He was put to death by the sword by Herod Agrippa in Jerusalem. Eusebius provides some of the details of the James’ execution (CHURCH HISTORY II, 9).

Saint James was the first of the Apostles to die as a martyr. His followers carried his body back to Spain where he preached, and his tomb at Compostela became one of the most important pilgrimage sites in Western Europe.