RumAndChupacabras
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- Time of past OR future Camino
- Jul-Sept 2019: Six weeks in Northern Spain.
Apr 2018 Asturias
May 2016 CP: Portuguese
Just read this and thought you might find it of interest.
Pilgrim badges, the most sought-after souvenirs of medieval Christianity--Aleteia
Just as we can't help but stop in a souvenir shop while on vacation in order to remember our trip, medieval Christians on pilgrimages to holy sites acquired “pilgrim badges” which they wore to commemorate their journeys.