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There is a kindle version.Before my first Camino one of my daughters bought me a used book about the Camino. I read some of it and learned alot of the Camino. I moved shortly thereafter to Mexico and have not been able to find the book. But I can tell you I have heard and read from many it is one of the definitive books on the Camino. It could really add to your knowledge of this subject.
The book is called "The Pilgrimage Road to Santiago: The Complete Cultural Handbook" written by David Gitlitz and Linda Kay Davidson.
It is available as an ebook, so you can consult it on the way and it won't add any weight. Note that it is specific to the Camino Frances, so if you walk a different Camino, the only relevant part may the the section on Santiago de Compostela itself.Before my first Camino one of my daughters bought me a used book about the Camino. I read some of it and learned alot of the Camino. I moved shortly thereafter to Mexico and have not been able to find the book. But I can tell you I have heard and read from many it is one of the definitive books on the Camino. It could really add to your knowledge of this subject.
The book is called "The Pilgrimage Road to Santiago: The Complete Cultural Handbook" written by David Gitlitz and Linda Kay Davidson.
So it is in Asia with relics of the Buddha. If he had as many teeth as are enshribed here and there...well, that would be quite a smile. And there are hair-relic pagodas, too - which is curious, since he and his monks all shaved their heads, as is the case today.So far I have been able to find three whole bodies and fifteen heads, two pieces of heads, a number of arms, hands, fingers and other limbs.
Most of these relics of Saint James (and others) are no longer regarded as relics of Saint James today. They’ve disappeared, were destroyed, are on display in the nearest museum in a reliquary of historic and artistic value or, at best, are kept in some church storage room and will never again be taken out for display as an object for veneration. Among other things, it was the reforms initiated by Vatican II that brought quite a bit of change in this respect.So far I have been able to find three whole bodies and fifteen heads, two pieces of heads, a number of arms, hands, fingers and other limbs.
I remember that was the case. I think my camino last November/December on the CF was probably my last CF camino. With all the K's we have logged learning more about the history is always fun. Well being a history buff history is fun and more than a little insightful for the future, Thanks.It is available as an ebook, so you can consult it on the way and it won't add any weight. Note that it is specific to the Camino Frances, so if you walk a different Camino, the only relevant part may the the section on Santiago de Compostela itself.
Most of these relics of Saint James (and others) are no longer regarded as relics of Saint James today. They’ve disappeared, were destroyed, are on display in the nearest museum in a reliquary of historic and artistic value or, at best, are kept in some church storage room and will never again be taken out for display as an object for veneration. Among other things, it was the reforms initiated by Vatican II that brought quite a bit of change in this respect.
Thank you, @oursonpolaire, your comments made interesting reading for me and much of it was new to me!It appears that the relic-cleansing (as it were) really began under Pope Leo XIII in the 1880s as he wanted to tone down the excesses of popular piety, which had become exuberant in the tensions of the mid-19th century.
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