Built on the site of the tombs of St. James, the Apostle, and St. James the brother of the Lord. It is one of the most beautiful churches of Jerusalem. The head of St. James the Apostle is entombed here after he was executed by King Herod Agrippa I. St. James, the brother of the Lord, and first bishop of Jerusalem, is buried beneath the high altar.
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