His final resting place has been argued to not to contain his remains but to be that of one of the first people in Christianity to be terminated for practicing magic. His emblem signifies his courageous efforts one day with a horse being enshrouded by a mass of a certain animal. Who is this, what is the symbol, and what do we know about the red ones compared to the white ones?

teash

He is Saint James the Great. His burial place is confused with Priscillian of Avila. His emblem is the scallop shell (white). The courageous day was battle of Clavijo where he fought the Moors. The military Order of Santiago was founded to fight the Moors and their emblem is a red cross of St. James with with lower part fashioned as the blade of a sword blade. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_James_the_Great Jun 07 06, 8:35 AM

peasypod

Yes, teash, it is St. James. There are a few alternative stories existing where he rescued a knight who was covered in scallops, and/or a horse that has fallen into water and was covered in scallops... What do we know about the red ones? That the red/orange roe of a scallop is actually a female and that the white roe ones are male. Jun 07 06, 7:42 PM

teash

I was really happy to figure this out, but I wasn't getting the red/white part! Thanks! Jun 08 06, 5:37 AM

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