James, son of Alphaeus

Saint James the Lesser
St James the Minor by Peter Paul Rubens (1613)
Apostle and Martyr
Born	c. 1st century AD Galilee, Judaea, Roman Empire
Died	c. 62 AD Jerusalem, Judaea, Roman Empire or Aegyptus, Roman Empire
Venerated in	All Christian denominations that venerate saints
Feast	1 May (Anglican Communion), May 3 (Roman Catholic Church), 9 October (Eastern Orthodox Church)
Attributes	Carpenter's saw; fuller's club
Patronage	Apothecaries; druggists; dying people; Frascati, Italy; fullers; milliners; Monterotondo, Italy; pharmacists; Uruguay[1]

James, son of Alphaeus (Greek: Ἰάκωβος, Iakōbos; Aramaic: ܝܥܩܘܒ ܒܪ ܚܠܦܝ;^[2] Hebrew: יעקב בן חלפי Ya'akov ben Halfai; Coptic: ⲓⲁⲕⲱⲃⲟⲥ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲁⲗⲫⲉⲟⲥ; Arabic: يعقوب بن حلفى, romanized: Ya'qūb bin Halfā) was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus, appearing under this name in all three of the Synoptic Gospels' lists of the apostles. He is generally identified with James the Less (Greek Ἰάκωβος ὁ μικρός Iakōbos ho mikros, Mark 15:40) and commonly known by that name in church tradition. He is also labelled "the Minor", "the Little", "the Lesser", or "the Younger", according to translation. He is distinct from James, son of Zebedee and in some interpretations also from James, brother of Jesus (James the Just).^[3] He appears only four times in the New Testament, each time in a list of the twelve apostles.^[4]