Tazama chanzo cha Yakobo Mkubwa

[[Picha:Carlo Crivelli 064.jpg|thumb|right|180px|[[Carlo Crivelli]], ''Yakobo Mkubwa'', 1480 hivi, [[London]], [[Victoria and Albert Museum]].]]
{{Mitume 12 wa Yesu}}
{{Yesu Kristo}}
'''Yakobo''', [[mwana]] wa [[Zebedayo]] na [[Salome]], na [[kaka]] wa [[Mtume Yohane]], alikuwa [[Myahudi]] wa [[karne ya 1]] aliyepata kuwa mmoja kati ya [[Mitume wa Yesu]] walio muhimu zaidi<ref>https://www.santiebeati.it/dettaglio/21250</ref>.

Anaitwa "Mkubwa" ili kumtofautisha na [[Mtume]] mwingine mwenye [[jina]] hilohilo, [[Yakobo Mdogo]] mwana wa [[Alfayo]]. 

== Maisha ya awali ==
Yakobo pamoja na [[baba]] na mdogo wake walikuwa wavuvi huko [[Kafarnaumu]] kwenye [[Ziwa Galilaya]].

[[Wataalamu]] kadhaa wanadhani walikuwa pia ma[[kuhani]].

== Wito wa utume ==
Inakadiriwa alikutana na [[Yesu]] mwaka [[28]].

Pamoja na mdogo wake waliitwa na Yesu ''Boanerghes'' ("wanangurumo") kutokana na [[umotomoto]] wao [[tabia|kitabia]].

Pamoja na mitume wengine waliongozana na [[Yesu Kristo]] miaka mitatu hivi, ambapo Yakobo alionekana kuwa karibu sana na Yesu na kuchaguliwa naye kushuhudia matukio kadhaa ya pekee ([[ufufuo]] wa [[binti Yairo]], [[kugeuka sura]] [[mlima|mlimani]], [[kihoro]] [[bustani|bustanini]]).

== Baada ya ufufuko wa Yesu ==
Baada ya [[kifo]] na [[ufufuko wa Yesu]], Yakobo alishika nafasi ya maana katika [[jumuia]] ya kwanza ya [[Wakristo]] wa [[Yerusalemu]].

Mwaka [[44]] hivi aliuawa na [[mfalme]] [[Herode Agripa I]] kwa [[upanga]] ([[Matendo ya Mitume]] 12:1-2), wa kwanza kumfia Yesu kati ya Mitume wake. 

== Heshima yake ==
Anaheshimiwa na [[Ukristo|Wakristo]] wote kama [[mtakatifu]], hasa tarehe [[25 Julai]]<ref>[[Martyrologium Romanum]]</ref> huko [[Santiago de Compostela]] ([[Hispania]], ambapo wengine wanaamini aliwahi kufika kwa [[umisionari]]).

==Tazama pia==
*[[Watakatifu wa Agano la Kale]]
*[[Orodha ya Watakatifu Wakristo]]
*[[Orodha ya Watakatifu wa Afrika]]
*[[Orodha ya Watakatifu Wafransisko]]

==Tanbihi==
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==Marejeo==
*Thenashara, Mitume Kumi na Wawili – tafsiri ya P. A. Bunju – Toleo la pili – ed. Benedictine Publications Ndanda Peramiho – Ndanda 1984 – ISBN 9976-63-030-1

==Viungo vya nje==
{{Commons category|Saint James the Greater}}
*[http://www.bartleby.com/210/7/251.html "St. James the Great, Apostle"], ''Butler's Lives of the Saints''
*[http://www.catholicrevelations.com/category/saints/the-life-biography-of-st-james-the-great-apostle-martyr-saint-bible-book-writer-of-the-catholic-church.html The Life, Miracles and Martyrdom of St. James the Great: Apostle and Martyr of the Christian Church] {{Wayback|url=http://www.catholicrevelations.com/category/saints/the-life-biography-of-st-james-the-great-apostle-martyr-saint-bible-book-writer-of-the-catholic-church.html |date=20161009173446 }}
*[http://www.caminosantiagodecompostela.com The Way of St. James] Guide for the pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela following St. James's footsteps.
*[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08279b.htm ''Catholic Encyclopedia'': St James the Greater]
*[http://libro.uca.edu/sjc/sjc3.htm R. A. Fletcher, ''Saint James's Catapult: The Life and Times of Diego Gelmírez of Santiago de Compostela''] Oxford University Press, 1984: chapter 3, "The Early History of the Cult of St. James"
*[http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?SID=4&ID=1&FSID=101248 Apostle James the Brother of St John the Theologian] Orthodox [[icon]] and [[synaxarion]]
*[http://www.red2000.com/spain/santiago/history.html History]
*[http://www.christianiconography.info/jamesGreater.html St. James the Greater, Apostle] at the [http://www.christianiconography.info Christian Iconography] web site
*[http://www.christianiconography.info/goldenLegend/jamesGreater.htm St. James the Greater] from Caxton's translation of the Golden Legend
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