The Diocese of Corpus Christi (Texas) on Tuesday celebrated the feast day of St. Philip and St. James the Less, two of Jesus' apostles, asking for their intercessions.

St. Philip is mentioned in the Gospel of John, a Facebook post by the diocese said. Jesus asked where they could buy bread to feed the people and Philip responded that two days’ wages wouldn’t be enough to feed them all. 

“This passage (John 6:7) displays the humanity of Philip who took longer to understand the divinity of Christ,” the post said.

Not much is known about St. James, a report from Franciscan Media said. St. James the Less, or St. James the Lesser, is not to be confused with St. James the Greater, who was also an apostle and became the first Bishop of Jerusalem. 

Sts. James and Philip are the patron saints of Uruguay. A report from Loyola Press described the two as faithful disciples of Jesus in the Church’s early years. James' nickname of “The Less” or “The Lesser” probably refers to him either being shorter or younger than another apostle with the same first name. 

Although Sts. Philip and James died at different times and different places, it is believed that their feast days are celebrated on the same day because their relics were brought to Rome at the same time, a report from EWTN said. In May 560, their relics were placed in a Basilica in central Rome, which has since been rededicated to Jesus' 12 Apostles. 

“Sts. Philip and James, intercede for us!” the diocese concluded its post.