He was given the name "matamoros" or "Moor- Slayer" due to legends that he accompanied the Spanish soldiers in battle against the Muslims in the 8th and 9th century.  
He was given the name "matamoros" or "Moor- Slayer" due to legends that he accompanied the Spanish soldiers in battle against the Muslims in the 8th and 9th century.  Additional legends say that his body was found off the coast of Spain and as such it is held that he is the country's evangelizer. Visigothic rulers promulgated his legend and built a Cathedral over his purported burial sight in the Galician city of Compostela. FTP, name this Saint whose shrine was the most sought after pilgrimage site in medieval Europe, the apostle called the Brother of Jesus Christ.
He was given the name "matamoros" or "Moor- Slayer" due to legends that he accompanied the Spanish soldiers in battle against the Muslims in the 8th and 9th century.  
Saint James the Greater (accept Santiago de Compostela or Iakovos (Greek))