carlbiston
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- Time of past OR future Camino
- walking from st jean de port to santiago then to finiterre then to muxia then back to santiago on march 15th 2015
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Yes, you need two only in the last 100km, and you can get the second one almost anywhere -- bars, churches, ayuntamientos, restaurants.do i need to get two stamps the last 100km? if so where can i get the second stamp?
thanks for you help......
My understanding is that if you walk from St Jean you don't need two stamps per day from Sarria. If you are worried about space just get a pen and divide the space for the stamps into two, I did this in 2012 as I wanted to collect any nice stamps I saw along the way.do i need to get two stamps the last 100km? if so where can i get the second stamp?
thanks for you help......
My understanding is that if you walk from St Jean you don't need two stamps per day from Sarria. If you are worried about space just get a pen and divide the space for the stamps into two, I did this in 2012 as I wanted to collect any nice stamps I saw along the way.
What falcon says is also my understanding.
To be awarded the Compostela:
- You must ensure that you do this at least in the last 100 kms from the Cathedral of Santiago if you are walking or on horseback and 200 kms if you are travelling by bicycle.
I didn't argue but I had to be a little insistent with the person issuing my 2013 credential. I knew from here in the forum that I could get it annotated in memory of a dear departed but said person thought otherwise. My persuasive Spanish eventually prompted him to make a little stroll and discover what he had to do. Sorted!My preference is to ignore the rules as written, then spend some time arguing with the counter personnel in the Pilgrim Office.
I think that two stamp a day thing is a myth. I didn't do it on my first Camino and got my compostela with no problems. My second Camino I brought two passports with me just to collect stamps. I got the second passport at the tourist office in St. Jean Pied de Port.do i need to get two stamps the last 100km? if so where can i get the second stamp?
thanks for you help......
This is interesting. As far as I know, doing the pilgrimage for another person is a time honored tradition. I believe there is even a Latin expression for that (maybe "per delegationem"?) It may have been because the love for a dear one, a personal disability or impossibility of the beneficiary, a clause in a relative's will , or more materially, because some person wanted the indulgences (or serve a canonical sentence) without the hassle and the effort of walking so many miles (some kind of medieval "rent-a-pilgrim"). It may be nowadays a semi-forgotten tradition, but I vaguely remember reading about another pilgrim doing the walk for somebody else. Maybe the interested pilgrim should express her/his intention when asking for the credential?I didn't argue but I had to be a little insistent with the person issuing my 2013 credential. I knew from here in the forum that I could get it annotated in memory of a dear departed but said person thought otherwise. My persuasive Spanish eventually prompted him to make a little stroll and discover what he had to do. Sorted!
The Pilgrim Office is happy to oblige. Just ask them to dedicate the Compostela to someone else. I have done three of these.I vaguely remember reading about another pilgrim doing the walk for somebody else.
I've heard for this medieval tradition of rent-a-pilgrim, but never thought of it as a present to someone as @falcon269 suggested. I wouldn't "rent" or sell my Compostela of course (although it means close to nothing to me and for that reason I collected only the first one), but I do know some older and/or disabled folks that would be really very honoured to get one. Thanks for the ideaThis is interesting. As far as I know, doing the pilgrimage for another person is a time honored tradition. I believe there is even a Latin expression for that (maybe "per delegationem"?) It may have been because the love for a dear one, a personal disability or impossibility of the beneficiary, a clause in a relative's will , or more materially, because some person wanted the indulgences (or serve a canonical sentence) without the hassle and the effort of walking so many miles (some kind of medieval "rent-a-pilgrim"). It may be nowadays a semi-forgotten tradition, but I vaguely remember reading about another pilgrim doing the walk for somebody else. Maybe the interested pilgrim should express her/his intention when asking for the credential?
I did on arrival at the desk Filipe but I think he was a newbie who just didn't realise it was possible. Still in the end my daughter has a memento of her stillborn son Jakob walking with me.Maybe the interested pilgrim should express her/his intention when asking for the credential
There has been some confusion on this. I thought the same thing too, but someone else on here informed me you didn't need 2 during the last 100km.
Here's what my pilgrim's passport from American Pilgrims on the Camino says:
"Two stamps per day are required in Galicia. On the final day, pilgrims must obtain two stamps before entering the city of Santiago."
Very true. After all, a compostela is just a sheet of paper.I did not have two stamps per day from Sarria onwards as I did not have enough room left in my Irish booklet credential. I asked at the office about it and they just said 'not necessary' and gave me my compostela. My attitude was that if they refuse me who cares, I knew how far I had walked, my friends and family knew and most important, God knew. My Dutch friend who was walking with me also did not get two per day
do i need to get two stamps the last 100km? if so where can i get the second stamp?
thanks for you help......
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