RIP Pilgrim

[SabsP]

http://www.diariodeleon.es/noticias...uyo-cuerpo-no-ha-reclamado-nadie_1088562.html

Article date.4th of August

A judge ordered the burial of a Basque man ( residence in Catalonia? ) who died in Rabanal.
After six days no one claimed the body.
So he will be buried in Santa Colomba de Somoza. The locals were asked to attend the funeral.


Descanso en paz.

 

[Wokabaut_Meri]

Thank you for bringing this to our attention.

I will light a candle and pause awhile for a fellow pilgrim.

 

[jsalt]

That’s so sad.

Well, I, for one, have just shed a tear for him.

Indeed, may he Rest In Peace.

Jill

 

[M. McNabb]

http://www.diariodeleon.es/noticias...uyo-cuerpo-no-ha-reclamado-nadie_1088562.html

Article date.4th of August

A judge ordered the burial of a Basque man ( residence in Catalonia? ) who died in Rabanal.
After six days no one claimed the body.
So he will be buried in Santa Colomba de Somoza. The locals were asked to attend the funeral.


Descanso en paz.

Very sad, just said a prayer and will keep him in my thoughts

 

[MichelleElynHogan]

He is with God now, in the best place he can be.

 

[SYates]

Very sad indeed, I hope a lot of neighbors and pilgrims will be present and say 'Buen Camino' to him, SY

 

[wayfarer]

May he rest in peace.

 

[Anniesantiago]

So sorry to hear this.
He must be someone's son, father, brother. . . hope his family finds him resting in peace.

 

[Wokabaut_Meri]

Reading through these gentle, caring posts made me realise that, on this final journey, our Unknown Pilgrim does not walk alone.

He is all of whom have ever set out for Santiago and he is one of us.

How far a little candle throws his beams...

 

[SabsP]

Reading through these gentle, caring posts made me realise that, on this final journey, our Unknown Pilgrim does not walk alone.

He is all of whom have ever set out for Santiago and he is one of us.

How far a little candle throws his beams...

And I cannot stop wondering that somewhere someone misses this man ....if that makes sense? Really makes you think what happened in this man's life?

X

 

[SYates]

Apparently the police went out of their way of duty to find some relatives that were interested in him - but to no avail. Perhaps he was a loner and didn't want to have relatives/relations (wild guess here!). Perhaps he is missed but those people accept that he didn't want to attach himself to anybody? Like @Wokabaut_Meri said: he is/was one of us, a pilgrim. He has finished his earthly pilgrimage and, as I might add, is now on a far more exciting pilgrimage. Buen Camino amigo peregrino, SY

 

[Mike Savage]

The unknown pilgrim is not unknown to God.

May he rest in peace . . .

 

[nellpilgrim]

I lit a candle and said a prayer for him at St James on Church James street-a step or two away from the site of the old St James Gate where medieval Irish pilgrims used to congregate before setting off on their pilgrimage.

 

[M. McNabb]

The unknown pilgrim is not unknown to God.

May he rest in peace . . .

Well said

 

[rappahannock_rev]

How fortunate to die on the Way. Where better?!

 

[PilgrimJames]

May our fellow pilgrim rest in peace. I will remember him in my prayers on camino next month.