Category: History and tradition
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...
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...
What we know about the life of Santiago?
The legend and traditions created around Santiago are among the richest in the history of...
Monte do Gozo: Tradition and History
A few kilometers from Compostela is the celebrated “Monte Gaudii” or Monte do Gozo,...
Margery Kempe, pilgrim to Santiago in 1417
In 1934 the manuscript of the biographical stories of Margery Kempe (1373-1438) was discovered...
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 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....
The Cruz de Ferro
Along the Camino the pilgrim will find many mounds of stones known as “humilladeros”,...
Iria Flavia and the origin of the Saint James tradition in Galicia
The town and river bank of Iria Flavia was, according to tradition, the landing place of the boat...
Padrón and the origen of the Saint James tradition in Galicia
Padrón is not a town on the Portuguese Way: Padrón is a central place in the legend of Santiago...
The Monte do Gozo and the pilgrims
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...
