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Feast day: May 3

Sts. Philip & James

Sts. Philip & James

Apostles · 1st century

Patron of Uruguay (Philip); pharmacists (James)

Two of the Twelve: Philip, who asked Jesus to 'show us the Father,' and James the Less, leader of the Jerusalem church.

Philip's blunt request — 'show us the Father' — earned one of the Gospel's greatest replies: 'Whoever has seen me has seen the Father.'

Image: Peter Paul Rubens (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons.

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