Santiago Matamoros 1
Look carefully. Here is the benign face of St James with his funny hat and cockle shells, mounted on horseback wielding a wavy edge sword about to smite a woman on the ground pleading for her life. Is this the christian thing to do? Well according to legend St James appeared miraculously on a white steed in 859 AD to assist the Spaniards to defeat the Moors. He was known as Santiago Matamoros "the moor slayer". In truth this legend probably emanated in the 17th Century.
Santiago Matamoros 1
Look carefully. Here is the benign face of St James with his funny hat and cockle shells, mounted on horseback wielding a wavy edge sword about to smite a woman on the ground pleading for her life. Is this the christian thing to do? Well according to legend St James appeared miraculously on a white steed in 859 AD to assist the Spaniards to defeat the Moors. He was known as Santiago Matamoros "the moor slayer". In truth this legend probably emanated in the 17th Century.