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... I don't know if we'll ever know, for a fact, whose remains are at the Cathedral of Santiago....
My one regret of my Camino was that I did not follow my heart and stay here.About 3 km before you get to Castrojeriz you will pass under the arches connecting the ruins of the old Monastery of San Anton and an old pilgrim hostel. The monastery is said to have housed the relics of St. Anthony. The Franciscan cross, or Tau, can be seen in various locations there. There is also a religious hostel.
We're from a Franciscan parish and found this site very moving, although it is in ruins. I can't think of any place on the Camino Francis which would be more appropriate for your purpose.
Karl
This has been argued to death on other threads, but we should remember that most your "millions of pilgrims who themselves believed that those were his relics and who struggled to walk to Santiago" were Catholics, on a Catholic pilgrimage sanctioned by the Catholic Church. To the extent they have consecrated the Camino, it was a Catholic endeavor responding to the teachings of the Catholic Church.I may get shot and excommunicated for, not only saying this, but also changing the subject but... I spent much of the quiet contemplation time gained during my Camino thinking on the following: I do not in any way shape or form believe that it is really the remains of St. James in the crypt of the Cathedral in Santiago. But it also did not matter for me. made that place more holy than St. James ever could. To steal from the words of Abraham Lincoln: "In a larger sense, the Catholic church could not dedicate -- could not consecrate -- could not hallow -- this ground. The millions of brave and believing men and women, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above the church's poor power to add or detract."
If you are searching for Saint Anthony in Spain then search for San Antonio. The saint is popular all over Spain but especially so in Andalusia where you will find most of the churches dedicated to him. I cannot recall a church along the Camino dedicated to him, I have seen altars dedicated to San Antonio de Abad with his pig but that is aonther person altogether. For a long list of churches see the list appearing at the end of this article
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_de_Padua#En_Espa.C3.B1a