Since the Middle Ages, a great number of ancient roads throughout Europe have led to Santiago de Compostela (St. James of Compostela) — a shrine in Spain dedicated to St. James the Apostle and the ...

Archaeologists are using over a million amateur finds to study pilgrimage sites, the Black Death, and the Protestant Reformation. Much has been written about religious life in the medieval era, but ...

A Devon priest is taking on a medieval themed pilgrimage in memory of his friend. Rev Stuart Huntley, an ordained Church of England priest and a historical re-enactor, said his two day walk would be ...

(RNS) — Archaeologists hope to capitalize on a local fad for metal detecting to examine pilgrimage and personal piety in areas where the written record is thin. (RNS) — Much has been written about ...

MADRID -- Remains found in a tomb in northwestern Spain are likely to belong to a ninth-century bishop believed to have helped create the Camino de Santiago, one of Christianity's most popular ...

Timothy Egan writes about revisiting the Christianity he grew up with while walking the 1,000-mile Via Francigena, a medieval pilgrimage route that stretches from England’s Canterbury to Rome. “‘A ...

Mailing Address: 636 Counselors Way, Williamsburg, VA 23185-4059 USA E-mail: [[gxgree]] George D. Greenia retired in 2016 after 34 years at the College of William & Mary, continues to serve in ...

In what might be mistaken for a God-forsaken corner of central Portugal, tens of thousands witnessed an apparition in 1917 — and the lonely little town of Fátima became a major pilgrimage site for ...

“Like Rome, all roads led to Walsingham,” says Reverend Peter Doll. But, he laments, out of the village’s 300,000 annual visitors, most arrive by coach. “Our hope is walking [will encourage a sense of ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." For millennia, pilgrims have set off by foot to sacred places and come to realize that it was the journey ...