This pilgrim souvenir depicts the head of John the Baptist who was patron saint of Perth, Scotland in the middle agesThis circular ... The medieval church encouraged pilgrimage and pilgrims ...

W hat the devil is going on? Despite our secularising world, pilgrimage is enjoying a boom not seen since the Middle Ages. In the past few decades, the numbers of people walking to Santiago de ...

In the Middle Ages, the Islamic world close Islamic worldSocieties ... Jerusalem was and still is a holy city and a destination for pilgrimage close pilgrimageA holy, or, religious journey..

Templars Today, a private association of lay faithful, signed an agreement with the Vatican’s Dicastery for Evangelization to ...

But in the past, traveling to Jerusalem or Rome was fraught with danger. “In the Middle Ages, pilgrims were victims of looting, robbery, or all kinds of violence. Many died in the attempt.