Xacobeo Blog

[sillydoll]

http://blog.xacobeo.es/category/spiritu ... h_lang/en/

Some topics on the blog this week:

Working for the integration of disabled people
The Camino travels to Japan
A Lutheran priest on the Camino
A heavenly Camino from Rome to Santiago

 

[Deleted member 397]

I commend this site-especially the 'blogs' which includes several from members of this forum. Johnnie walker has some extensive well written blogs.

 

[sillydoll]

It is excellent (I think Ivar has had a lot to do with it?)
Reading the history of the camino they say that "The first Holy Year was created in the 15th century. Throughout history the proclamation of every Holy Year has caused floods of pilgrims to seek the Jubilee: the special grace of pardon from sins granted to all the faithful who made the pilgrimage to Santiago in that special year. The first Jubilee Year was convoked in 1425 by Lope de Mendoza, Bishop of Santiago, and probably celebrated in 1428."
I always thought the Holy Years started in the 12th century.

The Archdiocese has records of the Holy Years since 1604:

Holy Years occur every 11, 6, 5, 6 years when the 25th July falls on a Sunday with very rare exceptions eg: wars, special Holy Year when the relics of St James were rediscovered after being lost for over 300 years, etc.

1604 1700 1802 1909 2004 2100 2202
1610 1706 1813 1915 2010 2106 2213
1621 1717 1819 1920 2021 2117 2219
1627 1723 1824 1926 2027 2123 2224
1632 1728 1830 1937 2032 2128 2230
1638 1734 1841 1943 2038 2134 2241
1649 1745 1847 1948 2049 2145 2247
1655 1751 1852 1954 2055 2151 2252
1660 1756 1858 1965 2060 2156 2258
1666 1762 1869 1971 2066 2162 2269
1677 1773 1875 1976 2077 2173 2275
1683 1779 1880 1982 2083 2179 2280
1688 1784 1886 1993 2088 2184 2286
1694 1790 1897 1999 2094 2190 2297

 

[Peter Robins]

It is excellent (I think Ivar has had a lot to do with it?).

yes - which may be why the English has improved

I always thought the Holy Years started in the 12th century.

only if you believe the forged papal bull http://www.csj.org.uk/compostela.htm

The Fondation David Parou puts the first reliable text referring to a Holy Year at 1434 http://www.saint-jacques.info/anneesaintes.html

 

[sillydoll]

In her book called “Jacobean Pilgrims from England to St. James of Compostella” Constance Storrs writes that the majority of Jacobean pilgrims from England went to Spain by ship and most went in the Holy Years.

“From 1390 to 1399 pilgrims went every year in ships of West Country, south-or-south-east ports, the greatest number in 1395, a Jubilee Holy Year."

She does give a source - would be interesting to see the evidence.