San Giacomo della Spada ('Saint James of the Sword') is a Catholic church in Alcamo, in the province of Trapani, adjoining it there was the Hospice of Pilgrims.

The church rose as a chapel dedicated to the Saint who gave the name to one of the most ancient quarters in Alcamo; it is mentioned in two notarial deeds dating back to 1380[1] and in a document of the Episcopal Curia in 1435.

After the change to a company occurred in 1619 (as affirms the historian Ignazio de Blasi), they probably wore "a sackcloth and white visors, with the emblem of the cross ending like a sword, the characteristic insignia of the glorious Saint James, on the shoulders".

These hostels were located in the town centres and carried out different activities, assisting poor or sick people, widows, orphans and foundlings,[4] much more when the number of pilgrims on long distances decreased a lot.

The Congregation of Charity, which administered its finances, as they did not host pilgrims going to the Holy Land or to the various sanctuaries, assigned those financial returns to the poorhouse (Ricovero di Mendicità) which had to be founded using the patrimony inherited from the De Blasi Mangione.