2 January of the year AD 40, the Virgin Mary (before her Assumption) appeared to James on the bank of the Ebro River at Caesaraugusta (Zaragoza), while he was preaching the Gospel in Spain. She appeared upon a pillar, Nuestra Señ del Pilar, and that pillar is conserved and venerated within the present Basilica of Our Lady of the Pillar, in Zaragoza, Spain. He returned to Judea and was Decapitated by Herod himself by sword.
Body taken up by angels, and sailed in a rudderless unattended boat to Spain. Buried in Santiago de Compostela. James = Iacobus (Latin) = Iago (W. Iberian) = Diego (Port.) Santiago = St. James.
Patron of Spain and Congo. Appeared to fight at battles of Clavijo during Reconquista, and to Afonso I of Kongo in civil war. Known as Moor-slayer. order of Santiago to Fight Moors, red cross fleury fitchy, with lower part as sword blade. Syncreted San Millan (Moor fighter, aka St. Emilianus, Aemilian)
Mandaeans: John was last prophet, Jesus was false messiah. Johnwas killed by te touch of an angel in the form of a 3 year old child.
Mormons: John appeared in PA to Joseph Smith Jr 1829 and gave them Aronic Preisthood.