An apostle of Jesus in Spain

Did Saint James flee westward and die at Santiago de Compostela?

For centuries, Catholics have believed that James the Apostle fought Moors in Spain during the so-called Reconquista. Let me explain that a bit more. James, one of the disciples, somehow found his way from Roman ruled Palestine to the Iberian peninsula. He died there. And went on to appear in ghostly form at battles against the Muslim rulers of Spain an…