San Anton

[estorildon]

My tat for San Anton

 

[Anemone del Camino]

Wow! Is that new? Talk about being committed to that albergue.

 

[estorildon]

Yep, I got it after my walk in March when Oliver and I discussed the "perfect" tattoo for the Camino. He suggested the window at San Anton.

 

[Anemone del Camino]

Yep, I got it after my walk in March when Oliver and I discussed the "perfect" tattoo for the Camino. He suggested the window at San Anton.

A much better choice than the cut off arm!

 

[estorildon]

Yikes, are you referring to some Templar thing?

 

[Anemone del Camino]

Yikes, are you referring to some Templar thing?

I don't know of this is in the booklet that was writen about the history of San Anton to raise funds, bit I think it is. Apparently, amd this is all blurry in my mind now as I don't have access to the booklet, once upon a time there was some horrible disease and people came to San Anton to be cured. Were arms cut? Perhaps. Hung in the windows to show the virus was still going strong, or something like that.

Love Google: it was called el mal fuego and people went to San Anton to get the Cura del Mal Fuego: http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0716-10182004000100016

And Wiki:

El único remedio conocido en la Edad Media consistía en acudir en peregrinación a Santiago de Compostela. La explicación es sencilla: El ergotismo gangrenoso lo producía el consumo prolongado de pan de centeno contaminado por el hongocornezuelo. El hospital del convento de San Antón de Castrojeriz curaba a los enfermos ofreciéndoles pan de trigo candeal.

Basically, there was this disease through Europ that cause gangrene and the Frailes of San Anton through Europe dedicated themselves to helping those who had it. Turns out it was from a fungus ina type of grain. In San Anton they made bread with a different grain. But because of the gangrene many lost their limbs, and they we apparently hung in the windows. Not the window you've had tattooed though...

If @Rebekah Scott has a copy of the book on hand maybe she can refresh my memory.

 

[notion900]

OK a new tattoos thread - now I can recount my tattoo tale.

I arrived in Seville airport last month. Stood in the queue to get the bus into town. The guy comes down the line selling the bus tickets and we get chatting. He sees I am a peregrina and eagerly tells me about his own caminos.... then starts showing me his camino tattoos. First on his arms, then LEGS. In front of the whole line of about 150 people. Posh Sevillian women start giving me odd looks. I feel a bit bad, the bus is coming and he hasn't sold them all tickets yet. He is rolling up his trousers for me and I've only been in the country five minutes. I say to the Sevillianas "Feliz que tiene cuatro tatoajas y nada mas" and we all fall about in hysterics. I get on the bus. Americans look at me as though I am insane, all the way into town.

 

[CaminoDebrita]

Hey B. Don--I love it. You're looking great, btw.

 

[estorildon]

I don't know of this is in the booklet that was writen about the history of San Anton to raise funds, bit I think it is. Apparently, amd this is all blurry in my mind now as I don't have access to the booklet, once upon a time there was some horrible disease and people came to San Anton to be cured. Were arms cut? Perhaps. Hung in the windows to show the virus was still going strong, or something like that.

Love Google: it was called el mal fuego and people went to San Anton to get the Cura del Mal Fuego: http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0716-10182004000100016

And Wiki:

El único remedio conocido en la Edad Media consistía en acudir en peregrinación a Santiago de Compostela. La explicación es sencilla: El ergotismo gangrenoso lo producía el consumo prolongado de pan de centeno contaminado por el hongocornezuelo. El hospital del convento de San Antón de Castrojeriz curaba a los enfermos ofreciéndoles pan de trigo candeal.

Basically, there was this disease through Europ that cause gangrene and the Frailes of San Anton through Europe dedicated themselves to helping those who had it. Turns out it was from a fungus ina type of grain. In San Anton they made bread with a different grain. But because of the gangrene many lost their limbs, and they we apparently hung in the windows. Not the window you've had tattooed though...

If @Rebekah Scott has a copy of the book on hand maybe she can refresh my memory.

You are correct about the disease, it was called the Fire of San Anton and the Templar hospitaleros came up with a treatment. The arm you may be referring to is the relic at this monastery which was supposedly the silver encrusted arm of San Anton Abad from Egypt.

 

[Anemone del Camino]

You are correct about the disease, it was called the Fire of San Anton and the Templar hospitaleros came up with a treatment. The arm you may be referring to is the relic at this monastery which was supposedly the silver encrusted arm of San Anton Abad from Egypt.

Ah, see, I knew there was an arm tied to theMonastery. Thanks for setting me straight.

 

[pjacobi]

See Wikipedia:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ergot

-Paul

 

[RENSHAW]

Hey Don! Like , like , like , like..............