On the feast of St Oswald: automaton by Keith Newstead at St Aidan's Church in Bamburgh portraying the origins of Oswald's incorrupt arm relic. After giving food to the poor, St Aidan grasped Oswald's hand saying, 'May this hand never decay'. 📸2025
Dr Anne E Bailey
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Oxford medievalist, pilgrimage enthusiast and researcher. Member of Oxford's Faculty of History and Departmental Tutor @oxlifelonglearning.bsky.social Posting about saints, relics, shrines, & pilgrims!
St Piran's Cross at Penhale Sands, near Perranporth in Cornwall. First mentioned in a charter of King Edgar in AD 906, but said to be much older. It overlooks St Piran's oratory. 📸2015
For the feast of St Oswald, the Heavenfield Cross commemorating the site where, in AD 633/634, King Oswald's army defeated the Welsh under Cadwallon ap Cadfan of Gwynedd. The cross also marks the beginning (or end!) of the St Oswald Way. 👣
St James depicted in his less familiar guise as a 'Matamoros' ('Moor Slayer). Church of St James A Coruña, the start of the Camino Inglés. 📸2024
Europe Just Unveiled a New 2,170-mile Hiking Trail That Crosses 6 Countries www.travelandleisure.com/europe-new-2...
Europe Just Unveiled a New 2,170-mile Hiking Trail That Crosses 6 Countries—and It’s Built for All Skill Levels
A new long-distance trail can take outdoor enthusiasts on a unique hike through six different countries, all while climbing the equivalent of ten times the height of Mount Everest.
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Peace Pilgrimage across England marks 800th Anniversary of St Francis of Assisi archbishopofyork.org/news/peace-p...
No, not a saint garlanded in offerings, but tributes to Richard III in Leicester! 📸2015
How the Camino de Santiago led me in the footsteps of the apostles angelusnews.com/faith/cerny-...
Walking to Santiago, we found a 'Camino family' (and later, Pope Leo)
One of the adages of the Camino is to make it “your Camino,” meaning that everyone arrives at and accomplishes it with different motivations, expectations, style, and experiences.
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'Steady as she goes!' The Glastonbury Pilgrimage, July 2023.
Stow on the Wolds in the Cotswolds has two wells! Stow Well (on the left) and St Edward's Well (below, right). Who 'Edward' might have been is still speculated. 📸2025
Camino De Santiago Attracts 500,000 Visitors A Year, But Climate Change Threatening The Tradition religionunplugged.com/news/climate...
Camino De Santiago Attracts 500,000 Visitors A Year, But Climate Change Threatening The Tradition
It’s a life-changing religious pilgrimage. The Camino De Santiago trail has attracted hundreds of thousands of tourists to Spain and surrounding countries each year. But scorching heatwaves, caused by...
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Nothing to see now, but this spot at north side of St Michael’s and All Angels Church, Haselbury Plucknett (Somerset), was the site of St Wulfric of Haselbury's anchorhold. He lived here from 1125 until his death in 1154 and was buried in his cell. 📸2021
Durham Cathedral to hold new pilgrimage and retreat - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Durham Cathedral to hold new pilgrimage and retreat
The six-day walk follows the Northern Saints Trail from Heavenfield in Northumberland to Durham.
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Religious souvenirs for sale in Assisi, Italy. 📸2025
Lewis Carroll was here! St Mary’s in Streatley, on the St Frideswide's Way. 👣 📸2024
‘The city has emptied out’: Santiago de Compostela battles with growing pressure from overtourism www.msn.com/en-us/travel...
Five-day river pilgrimage to highlight decline of the Wye | The Church in Wales www.churchinwales.org.uk/en/news-and-...
Five-day river pilgrimage to highlight decline of the Wye | The Church in Wales
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TM Carew from Ireland was cured at St Winefride's Well in north Wales in 1831. 📸2017
Detail from the Caedmon Memorial (1898) in Whitby depicting the poet Caedmon with his harp. 📸2026
The rather wonderful 14th-century wrought iron 'Armada' chest at Wilton's church of St Mary and St Nicholas (Wiltshire). 📸2026
Spain’s Covadonga pilgrimage breaks attendance record despite Church restrictions advaticanum.com/article/spai...
Spain’s Covadonga pilgrimage breaks attendance record despite Church restrictions | Advaticanum
A news and culture publication focused on the Vatican and Catholicism, providing in-depth analysis, commentary, and features on a wide range of topics related to the Church and its global impact.
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Shrine of St William of York in the crypt at York Minster. 📸2025
Which way? Pilgrims on the Whiting Way taking stock in July 2023. (Not lost, honestly!!) 👣
Broadclyst Well, near Exeter (Devon) with its 19th-century well house. Necessitates scrambling down a bank I seem to recall! 📸2023
11th-century wall paintings at the Basilica of St Sernin (Saturnin), Toulouse. 📸2023
A Pilgrim’s Journey to St. Olaf: Norway’s Christian Roots Return to the Spotlight www.ncregister.com/features/a-p...
A Pilgrim’s Journey to St. Olaf: Norway’s Christian Roots Return to the Spotlight
From World Cup star Erling Haaland to Nobel Prize-winning author (and possible future saint) Sigrid Undset, Norway’s Christian heritage is receiving renewed attention as pilgrims embark on a journey i...
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