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 conditions have told us about intrepid adventurers, travellers and navigators, but completely leaving women like Egeria or Santa Elena, pilgrims and travellers of the fourth...
The College of Fonseca
The College of Santiago Alfeo, an essential part of the origins of the University of Santiago, was founded around 1526 by Archbishop Alonso III de Fonseca as a university college so that the compostelanos and residents of the archbishopric of Santiago could study and...Antón Pombo – Spain
Video in Spanish with English subtitles, you can find them in the bottom bar of the video, clicking on the “cc”...Lauren Rendle – Canadian Company of Pilgrims
The French Way: History of the Samos monastery
The monastery of Samos has for centuries played a major role in a section of the Camino de Santiago that runs between Triacastela and Sarria, following the fertile plain that runs parallel to the route cited in the Codex Calixtino and most of the pilgrimage...
A miracle of the Camino: The Hospital de San Antón and its Foundation
The wonderful ruins of San Antón and its magical hostel constitute one of the most valued places on the Camino de Santiago, a small miracle like the not-so-distant San Nicolás de Puente Fitero hostel. That miracle – like many on the Camino – has a name:...OIHANA – SPAIN
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Medieval Irish Pilgrims to Santiago de Compostela
Thanks to the dissemination and donations made by Camino Society Ireland, the very active Jacobean association of Ireland, we have been able to access a gem of pilgrimage literature: the book Medieval Irish Pilgrims to Santiago de Compostela. by Bernadette Cunningham....