[Steppes] Santiago de Compostela

[Chiara Francesca]

What are the pilgrimage badges that are passed out then and now?

Chiara

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jann Mays" <hlgabrielle at yahoo.com>
To: "Catalina Elvira Osorio Lopez de Xerez" <ladycatalina at hotmail.com>; 
<steppes at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Sunday, October 01, 2006 3:54 PM
Subject: Re: [Steppes] Santiago de Compostela


> We learned about this in French History class at UNT.  In French, it is 
> referred to as Saint Jacques de Compostelle (otherwise Sant Iago de 
> Compostela).   Interesting bit of trivia that we learned was that the map 
> drawn of the road, the inns, the "calvaires," and the monasteries where 
> one could sleep, is now referred to as the first "Michelin Guide" (or 
> first travel guide) in history.
>
> Occasionally, PBS runs a documentary on this called "Saint James Way."
>
> Gabrielle
>
> Catalina Elvira Osorio Lopez de Xerez <ladycatalina at hotmail.com> wrote:
> Camino de Santiago de Campostela
> Medieval pilgrims inspire modern tourists
>
> by Gael Stirler
>
> The legends of James, the brother of Jesus, tell how he traveled to Spain
> and preached the gospel after the death and resurrection of Christ. He
> returned to Jerusalem and was beheaded by Herod Agrippa in 44 AD, but his
> followers rescued his remains and an angel miraculously returned his body 
> to
> Spain in a stone boat. The apostle and his two disciples were entombed 
> near
> the northwest tip of Spain and forgotten until the 9th century when the 
> tomb
> was discovered by a hermit, Pelayo, in a "field of stars," or campo 
> stella.
> His bishop, Theodomir, built a church on the spot and news spread fast of
> this new shrine. The Church encouraged pilgrimages to Santiago (Saint 
> James)
> in the 13th century because the Saracens had blocked the route to the Holy
> Land and the Papacy had relocated from Rome to Avingon, France. Christians
> and Moors were in a struggle for supremacy of the Iberian peninsula, and 
> the
> influx of pilgrims helped to secure the northern part of Spain. Donations 
> by
> wealthy pilgrims helped to build more elaborate churches along the way as
> well as refuges, hospitals, and hotels.
>
> The Journey
>
>
> The Camino crossed the Pyrenees and turned west. Click to enlarge.
>
>
> The Camino, or road, to Campostela was not one road but many that funneled
> into Santiago from all over Europe. [See a map of all the routes, here.] 
> The
> most famous part of the Camino began at the Basilica of St. Mary 
> Magdalene,
> in the center of France at Vézelay, then headed southwest through the
> Limosin and Aquitaine regions before crossing the Pyranees mountains into
> Spain at Pamplona. From there the Camino proceeds west across the high
> plains of Spain.
>
> Many came for a miracle, others for forgiveness or to fulfill a vow, and
> some traveled the Camino for adventure.
>
>
> Pilgrims, or perigrinos as they say in Spain, mostly traveled on foot, but
> some of the wealthier pilgrims preferred to go by horseback. The 
> historical
> guidebooks say that the trip from southern France to Santiago de 
> Campostela
> took 28 days by horseback, and more than 2 months on foot...
>
>
>
>
>
> Catalina
> Sanguinem dumtaxat causam virtutis pendate
>
>
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> "It was a good clang, with the oiyoiyoioioioioioinnnnnggggggg that is the 
> mark of a clang well done." The Wee Free Men, by Terry Pratchett. (also 
> the exact sound of a face connecting with a Paris traffic light) :D
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