Not to be fodder for wild dogs

So now this is where the story gets biblical.  James is beheaded and his remains are tossed out like so much trash.  James' followers gather up his body and put it in a stone ( yes stone) boat and without so much as a rudder it's pushed out to sea.  With the help of angels and the wind ( which I am sure the angels had some control of ) it was guided down through the Straits of Gibralter to land near Finisterre at Padron on the Alantic coast of Northern Spain.  The local queen, Lupa, provided a team of oxen to draw the boat to shore and also provided a marble tomb where James laid in rest for the next 800 years and was actually forgotten about.  Early in the 9th century a hermit by the name of Pelayo had a vision and was led by a star that "shone brightly" and the tomb was rediscovered.  This story to me as well as to other researchers........and please know for sure that I am not a researcher per say, I just like history.......runs parallel to the story of the Nativity. 

In any case the Bishop of Iri Flavia Theodomirus seized the moment and " confirmed" the tomb in question to be that of St James.  The story goes on with St James reappearing in the battle of Clavijo in 844 and again in 1212 at Las Navas de Tolosa each time on a white charger with sword in hand decapitating Moors and other enemies of Spain.  It is very understandable with all this "heavenly help" why St James became and still is the patron Saint of Spain.......to be continued.