A festive parade that takes crowds back to the Middle Ages is celebrating its 10th year. With historical links to the likes ...

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.

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 ...

In medieval times, pilgrimage was about the destination. The journey was merely a long and often dangerous inconvenience leading to a meaningful conclusion. Having gained the holy site, it was ...

Here they visit St Hwywn’s, a medieval church dedicated to the Celtic early Christian saint, and rich in pilgrim history.