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Wish I knew! I'd love this information as well.Hi all,
I'm looking for more information on Queen Isabel of Portugal's pilgrimage on the CP in the late 13th or early 14th century. On the web I see quite a few articles about the CP that mention this but none really give any details (if any are known, such as where she started). I've also read that (Spanish) King Sancho II and Portuguese renaissance artist Francisco de Holanda also walked the CP.
Basically, if anyone could point me to a good source about the history of the CP and/or these early pilgrims in ENG/POR/ESP, that would be much appreciated. Thanks!
Please let us know here as well!PM Kathr1na. Maybe she can help. She generally comes up with amazing info.....
Please do report back. I’m interested in the info, but not enough to do the translations.Thank you so much / muito obrigado @Zac123!
I guess I know what I'm doing tonight!I'll report back when I can.
On the web I see quite a few articles about the CP that mention this but none really give any details (if any are known, such as where she started).
The tour design sounds like a really interesting project!
Ola - in May 2014 I stayed at the Santa Clara convent near Coimbra - in which one finds the resting placeYes, it is, thanks! I have the route mapped out and a bunch of notes and I started writing it today. I get to talk about Roman Lisbon, Muslim Lisbon, the Camino, some saints (Anthony and Vincent) and lots of other interesting things. Hoping to be ready to start giving it by the end of the week!
some saints (Anthony and Vincent) and lots of other interesting things.
Sounds like Saint Roc/Roche/Roque would be a good one, too! He has strong pilgrimage connections, and a major church in Lisboa.
(Now this is a bit of a detour from the original question, but perhaps interesting to the history buffs among us.)
We have a small, mysterious chapel to Sao Roque Amador here in Barquinha, which as far as I can tell, may be open once a year for a Palm Sunday procession, and which I suspect has centuries-old connections to the pilgrimage route from the south of Portugal up towards Tomar. More research is necessary, and definitely better Portuguese on my part!
[Translation through GoogleTranslate]
"Pilgrimages -On Palm Sunday, in Barquinha, the pilgrimage to the chapel of Nossa Senhora de Santana takes place, the chapel is located 500 meters from the village, whose foundation is old and attributed to Roque Amador. Everything about the founder's personality is unknown. The devotees bring small branches of rosemary that has been blessed and only on this day mass is said in the chapel referred to."
The "All about Portuga"l subwebsite above shows a map of where the chapel is. If you're curious and walking the Caminho Central through Barquinha, just before you cross the train tracks, head right (east) along the road to the (next on your left) road/level crossing going uphill towards Atalaia past the bull ring (apparently the second oldest in Portugal). If you walk up that road, a stub road just past the bullring takes you up to the Capela de Sao Roque Amador. Probably a 1/2-hour to 1-hour detour. If you choose to stay in Barquinha at the Hotel Soltejo, a nice little local hotel, very reasonable; good local restaurant downstairs, this is the same route you'd be walking to get there.
It sounds like the Lisboa church may be related to that theme:St Roche (Roque) never travelled to Spain (to our knowledge) but as the patron saint for the plague, folks may have venerated him wherever plague outbreaks occurred. There are certainly many statues of him everywhere.
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