I love stumbling upon a holy well when I’m out walking. This charming creature is St John’s well just outside Spott village in East Lothian. Precious little about it on Canmore but I’m itching to get in and have a proper look at the stonework.

The #statistics regarding people walking the #CaminodeSantiago have drastically changed in the last two or three decades. Hit the link to discover the #trends and statistics we saw in 2023. You might be surprised!

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Ealdwulf, archbishop of York and Worcester, disentombed the relics of his predecessor Oswald (†992) and enshrined them near the altar at the Church of St Mary, Worcester, #OTD in 1002.

From Međugorje to Imotski: A new pilgrimage route
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Thomas Cromwell regarded pilgrimage as idolatrous superstition. His boss (Henry VII), meanwhile, had made at least one pilgrimage to Walsingham. probably calling at Bury St Edmunds on the way. Dr Anne E Bailey
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Dougal's Stick-of-the-Day.
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The top 5 pilgrimages and 3 must-see dances of 'los magos' in Tenerife danews.eu/2024/04/12/5-p…

#OTD 14 April: feast of St Lydwine, patron of ice-skaters.

Man finds rare pilgrims' ampullae near Millom, Cumbria
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Scottish walks named among the most 'stunning' ancient pathways in the UK gazetteseries.co.uk/news/24240887.…

We still have some tickets left for our upcoming talk on Thursday evening! Join us as Dawn Champion from the British Pilgrimage Trust examines the practices of pilgrimage both past and present.
For more information & tickets, click here: salisburymuseum.org.uk/whats-on/pilgr…

The Breac Maodhóg • The Speckled Shrine of Maodhóg

This c11th century reliquary features bronze plaques with wonderfully detailed figures of men and women, likely to represent saints or clerics.

It is associated with the monastery of Drumlane in Cavan. On display in National Museum of Ireland

Today we have another exciting release!📜
Check out Thomas Smith's exciting new interpretation of epistolary culture of the First Crusade.

12 April: St Erkembode (d. 742). Irish. Bishop of #Thérouanne . Travelled from Ypres to Somme on foot to buy land; distributed it to poor but left almost crippled. Now parents leave pairs of children's👟on tomb, invoking his prayers for healing of paralysis. 🪦Saint-Omer, #France

'Dog friendly pilgrimage.' Yes!! 🐶
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On the Feast of St Stanislav (canonised 1253), here are some images I took of his shrine at Wawel Cathedral, Krakow, in 2022.

Have you Walked the English Way of the Camino de Santiago?
The Saint's Way is an ancient route used by pilgrims, who walked the distance between the cornish villages of Padstow and Fowey, in which port they sailed to Galicia to complete their pilgrimage.

Today is the feast of St Guthlac of Crowland, one of my favourite saints. Here's the abbey where for many centuries his shrine stood and his memory was venerated — it's now the site of Crowland's parish church and still very much the heart of this extraordinary place.

My first piece for Noema Magazine is something I've wanted to write for a long time. It explores why flying home in four hours after a months-long walk was so profoundly dislocating, and how I understand it now in the light of pilgrimage. noemamag.com/traveling-at-t…

Today is the feast day of St Guthlac who died 1,310 years ago.
Here he is being tormented by devils at his hermitage in Crowland.
We didn't encounter any mischievous imps during our excavations at the site, but there was plenty of exciting archaeology! 👇
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