Original scientific paper
The Apostles St. Philip and St. James the Younger in Croatian Hagionymy and Anthroponymy
Helena Dragić
; University of Split, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Split, Croatia
Abstract
The paper gives a short overview of the life of the apostles St. Philip and St. James the Younger. St. Philip was first a disciple of St. John the Baptist. In the order of calling, he was the fifth. St. James is known by the names James, son of Alphaeus; brother of Jesus; James the Just. He was called James the Younger and James the Less to distinguish him from James, son of Zebedee, who was the third apostle in the order of his calling. In the order of calling, St. James was the ninth disciple of Jesus. Their memorial is celebrated on the same day because the relics of the apostle St. James the Younger were found next to the relics of St. Philip in the church Santi Dodici Apostoli in Rome. St. Philip and St. James the Younger are multiple protectors. Memorial of St. Philip and James was May 1 until 1955. That year Pope Pius XII designated May 1 as a memorial of St. Joseph the Worker and moved the feast of St. Philip and James to May 3. In the world, Christian heritage and the Croatian sacral tradition St. Philip and St. James the Younger are exceptionally revered. Hagiotoponyms, hagiocrematonyms, hagionecronyms testify to this among Croats. The names Philip and James are common in world and Croatian anthroponymy. The paper states the origin of these names and a review of St. Philip Neri and James of the Marches.
Keywords
St. Philip; St. James the Younger; hagiotoponyms; hagiocrematonyms; personal names
Hrčak ID:
266314
URI
Publication date:
7.12.2021.
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