Category: History and tradition
Saint Helena: Empress, traveller and pilgrim to the Holy Land
History has too often been written by and about men. For centuries, authors of all kinds and...
The Monte do Gozo seen by pilgrims of other centuries
The pilgrimage of the 21st century is undoubtedly very different from that of medieval times, but...
Maritime pilgrimage
The importance of pilgrimages by sea is unquestionable. English, Irish, Flemish, Scandinavian and...
Monte do Gozo: Tradition and History
A few kilometers from Compostela is the celebrated “Monte Gaudii” or Monte do Gozo,...
¿WHY CONTINUE ON TO FISTERRA-MUXÍA?
Throughout the centuries, many pilgrims to Santiago have continued on their way to the sea, to the...
O CEBREIRO SEEN BY PILGRIMS OF OTHER CENTURIES
O Cebreiro is today a magical place, known and loved by pilgrims from all over the world. In the...
Margery Kempe, pilgrim to Santiago in 1417
In 1934 the manuscript of the biographical stories of Margery Kempe (1373-1438) was discovered...
THE BRIDGES: A KEY ELEMENT OF THE WAY OF ST. JAMES
One of the main problems of traveling in the Middle- Ages was river-crossing. The Way of St....
Sarria seen by pilgrims from other centuries
Through the testimony of pilgrims from other centuries we can reconstruct the town of Sarria as it...
Domenico Laffi and his ‘Travel in the West to Saint James of Galicia and Finisterre’ (1673)
Domenico Laffi was an Italian clergyman originally from the 17th century city of Bologna, a...
Egeria: Pilgrim, Traveller and Writer of the IV Century
Egeria, also called Eteria, Ætheria or Etheria, was a Galician pilgrim, traveller and writer from...
History and legend of the Saint James the Great Sepulcher
The first text referring to the fact that the apostle James had been buried in Spain is the...
