The pageant is free to visit with a trail map to download on the Canterbury Medieval Pageant website.

A historic English house that was a hospital for pilgrims in the Middle Ages—one that also raised funds for the Crusades—is ...

The July 7 event at Canterbury is evidence of a growing interest in shrines, saints and relics in the Church of England, ...

One of Canterbury’s most colourful and spectacular festivals will take to the streets on Saturday with the return of the ...

Santiago de Compostela is one of the major centres of Christianity in the world — but the city’s sense of spirituality goes far beyond its cathedral and famous pilgrimage.

Once a major medieval European pilgrimage destination, akin to Canterbury and Santiago de Compostela, Walsingham is known as “England’s Nazareth”. Legend tells of a visitation by the Virgin Mary in ...

In Verona, the pilgrims met a Saudi influencer, Abdelrahman al-Mutiri, who, after hearing their story, offered them a caravan in return for the chance to join them. They accepted his offer.

However, unlike penitents past, many will have their backpack moved ahead each day, while none will take on the arduous task of footing it back to the starting point, as medieval pilgrims were ...

Digital Technology Reveals Graffiti Left by Medieval Pilgrims to Jerusalem News April 17, 2025 ...

Travellers have always faced health hazards when far from home. Medieval people were no exception. Pilgrims, crusaders and others were warned by preachers such as 13th century Jacques de Vitry of ...

They would have collected badges (made of pewter) from many or even most of the pilgrimage shrines they visited - so throughout the late medieval period, literally tens of millions of badges must ...