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| St. James the Lesser's window. |
Saint James the Lesser was called the brother of Jesus, but could possibly have been a cousin once or twice removed. Not to be confused with John the Divine's brother, James the Lesser was the son of Alphaeus, a Zaddikite priest, not to be confused with Clopas, another Zaddikite priest (who was James the Lesser's stepfather), both related to Zechariah, the father of John the Baptist, not to be confused with John the Divine. James the Lesser is called "the Lesser" to distinguish him from James the Greater, who was the brother of John the Divine, son of Zebedee. Let's not get into that again. Saint James the Lesser is believed to be the author of the Epistle of Saint James in the New Testament. The Epistle of James is one of the absolute best books in the New Testament because in the King James version it mentions "a superfluity of naughtiness," which has got to be the single greatest line in the Bible.
James the Lesser is represented in this window by a windmill. What does all of this have to do with windmills? Your guess is as good as mine. In fact, your guess is probably better then mine, because my guess is that because James is the patron saint of hat makers and milliners, the window does not portray a windmill but in fact portrays a windmilliner. See what I mean about your guess?
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