LIFE OF APOSTLE SANTIAGO, EVANGELIZATION OF SPAIN &

APPARITION OF THE VIRGEN DEL PILAR.

La vida del apóstol Santiago, evangelización de España y aparición de la Virgen del

Pilar.Lisseth S, Olga N, Rocío R

Life of apostle Santiago

• Brother of Andrew• One of the favourites apostles,

presented in the Transfiguration, prayer in the Garden

It began with apostle Santiago

EVANGELIZATION OF SPAIN

According to the tradition, he crossed the Mediterranean to come to Spain.

Arriving in Galicia the apostle, began to preach and founded a small community that was called “siete varones apóstolicos”.

But people rejected the preaching and it discouraged him and his friends

Maria intervened, appearing on a column (pilar) in Zaragoza to encourage him and promised him that Spain would be Christian

Jasper column

Thanks to the Virgin the they continued preaching and so began the evangelization in Spain that in a few centuries would be transmitted to South America.