James the Deacon
missionary
Feast: 17 August (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
James the Deacon (died after 671) was a Roman deacon who accompanied Paulinus of York on his mission to Northumbria. He was a member of the Gregorian mission, which went to England to Christianise the Anglo-Saxons from their native Anglo-Saxon paganism. However, when he arrived in England is unknown. After Paulinus left Northumbria, James stayed near Lincoln and continued his missionary efforts, dying sometime after 671, according to the medieval chronicler Bede.
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The miracles
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Why that counted as sanctity
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Connected on this site
- Paulinus of York Saint“James the Deacon (died after 671) was a Roman deacon who accompanied Paulinus of York on his mission to Northumbria.” — Wikipedia
- Wikidata Q3160371 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — James the Deacon (CC BY-SA)
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