Extraordinary news arrives in the court. A hermit tells local authorities that he has seen supernatural lights shining in the countryside near Iria Flavia.
Pilgrimaging was, for a long time, a rather risky business. The roads were not precisely safe, going through unknown (and oftentimes openly hostile) lands.
In the convoluted 8th century, a monk simply known as Beato, took up the banner of spiritual resistance. His work soon became the first best-seller of the Middle Ages.
The presence of fragments of the true Cross of Christ has turned Caravaca and Liébana, in Spain, into holy cities and pilgrimage destinations
Uninterruptedly inhabited for more than 7000 years, Jaffa has lost its military and strategic importance, but not an inch of its beauty.
Lorenzo managed to get the Holy Grail out of Rome through a friend, and had it hidden among his relatives in Huesca, before being sentenced to death.
The cup belonged to the owners of the Cenacle, who lent Jesus and his disciples the place, and with it, everything they needed to celebrate Passover.
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