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  1. nilesite

    Name of archway to entrance to Praza Obradoiro?

    Just a footnote. Archbishop Diego Xelmirez didn’t build that Pazo, which is now part of the cathedral museum. It went up about a century after him.
  2. nilesite

    Washing a Pilgrim's Feet at the Cathedral

    I think it's fairly safe to say it didn't happen to anyone else.
  3. nilesite

    Washing a Pilgrim's Feet at the Cathedral

    That's very sweet.
  4. nilesite

    Washing a Pilgrim's Feet at the Cathedral

    Thank you. I'm writing a book and I need to be able to say one way or the other if this was done in recent memory.
  5. nilesite

    Washing a Pilgrim's Feet at the Cathedral

    I reminded my daughters every day we walked to make sure their fannies were clean. I have several 19th c. accounts too - nowhere does it say anything about feet washing in Santiago anywhere.
  6. nilesite

    Washing a Pilgrim's Feet at the Cathedral

    Yeah. I thought of that too - it was July.
  7. nilesite

    Washing a Pilgrim's Feet at the Cathedral

    Ha! Lavacolla is meant to remind us that pilgrim hygiene is important! She is quite specific to being in the Cathedral. If it's her imagination, that's fine. I'm seeing if anyone else knows about this as a practice.
  8. nilesite

    Washing a Pilgrim's Feet at the Cathedral

    In Shirley MacLaine's book, she says that when she arrived at the Cathedral, her credencial was stamped and a priest bathed her feet. This was in July 2000. Does anyone of that era or before have any experience with feet being washed upon a pilgrim's arrival?
  9. nilesite

    No Compostela for You!

    I'm so sorry your wife injured her knees, and that you didn't get the paper to take home with you. I'm troubled that you would criticize your colleagues who started their way after you. While it can be disappointing not to get the Compostela because you weren't willing to change a bus ticket...

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