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The Camino de Santiago (Latin: Peregrinatio Compostellana, lit. ' Pilgrimage of Compostela '; Galician: O Camiño de Santiago), [1] or in English the Way of St. James, is a network of pilgrims' ways or pilgrimages leading to the shrine of the apostle James in the cathedral of Santiago de Compostela in Galicia in northwestern Spain, where tradition holds that the remains of the apostle are buried.
Coat of arms of Saint Anthony Mary Claret Anthony Mary Claret , CMF (born Antoni Maria Claret i Clarà ; [ a ] Spanish: Antonio María Claret y Clarà ; December 23, 1807 – October 24, 1870) was a Spanish Catholic prelate and missionary who served as Archbishop of Santiago de Cuba and was the confessor of Isabella II of Spain .
Holy Door of the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela. The Holy Door (Spanish: Puerta Santa, Galician: Porta Santa), also known as the Door of Forgiveness (Galician: Porta do Perdón), is located at the rear of the Santiago de Compostela Archcathedral Basilica, in Galicia, Spain, and is opened only during a Jacobean Holy Year.
Holy door (Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela) A Jacobean Holy Year (Galician: Ano Santo Xacobeo), also known as the Compostela Holy Year, is a Catholic celebration that takes place in the Spanish city of Santiago de Compostela, Galicia. It occurs in the years in which 25 July, the Feast of Saint James, falls on a Sunday. This occurs with a ...
The Santiago de Compostela Botafumeiro is one of the largest censers in the world, [2] weighing 80 kg [3] and measuring 1.93 m in height. It is normally on display in the library of the cathedral, [ 4 ] [ 5 ] but for certain important religious occasions, like the Feast of Saint James , it is brought to the floor of the cathedral and attached ...
Saint James is the patron saint of Spain and, according to tradition, what are believed to be his remains are held in Santiago de Compostela in Galicia. He is also known as James, son of Zebedee , Saint James the Great , Saint James the Greater , Saint James the Elder , or Saint Jacob, James the Apostle or Santiago .
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The poet Prudentius honored him in a hymn.Cucuphas is mentioned in the Hieronymian Martyrology; the Prayer Book of Verona (7th century AD); in a hymn called Barcino laeto Cucufate vernans (7th century, recorded in manuscripts in Toledo and Silos, 10th-11th centuries), which has been attributed to Quiricus of Barcelona; [2] the Liber Sacramentorum (Toledo, 9th century, Mozarabic mass dedicated ...