St James

James was raised by his family to know and follow Jesus.  He became a soldier in the Persian King’s army and became friends with the King, Yezdigerd I.  When the King started to kill Christians because of their faith in Jesus, James got scared and he did not tell the King that he, too, was a Christian.  Instead, he gave up living his life of faith.  This made his family so sad and they prayed that James would have the courage to live his faith again.  When King Yezdigerd died, the King that followed him (Yezdigerd’s son) was also putting Christians to death.  This time, James had the courage to tell the King that he was a Christian.  When the King told him to give up his faith or be killed, James refused to give up his faith in Jesus again.  The King condemned him to die and he was killed by being cut into 28 pieces (this is what the name Intercisus means - cut to pieces).  James died happy because he had the courage not to deny Jesus again.