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This article is on religious pilgrims. For other uses, see Pilgrim (disambiguation).
A
pilgrim is one who undertakes a religious
pilgrimage, literally 'far afield'. This is traditionally a visit to a place of some religious significance; often a considerable distance is traveled. Examples include a Muslim visiting
Mecca or a Christianity or
Jew visiting Jerusalem. No religion has laid greater stress on the duty of a pilgrimage than Islam in the Hajj. In the United States the word "Pilgrims" usually refers to the first European settlers of New England, who celebrated the "
First Thanksgiving" with the
Native Americans in the United States in
1621.MahrukhPilgrimages are characteristic of many religions, such as those of ancient Egypt,
Persia in the
Mithraism, India, China, and
Japan. The
ancient Greece and
Ancient Rome custom of consulting the
gods at local oracles, such as those at Dodona or Delphi, both in Greece, is widely known. In the early period of
History of ancient Israel and Judah, pilgrimages were made to Shiloh and Dan and to Bethel (now Beitin,
Jordan). The great Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca (now in Saudi Arabia), is obligatory for every Muslim, and other Islamic devotional pilgrimages, particularly to the tombs of saints, are numerous.
Kairouan in Tunisia, Ouezzane in Morocco,
Karbala in
Iraq, and Mashhad (
Meshed) in
Iran are sacred Muslim cities.
Benares (now Varanasi), India is a renowned place of pilgrimage for Hinduism.
.The Early Christianity made pilgrimages to the scenes of the
Passion (Christianity) in
Jerusalem. Even after Jerusalem had been occupied by the Saracens, the liberty of pilgrimage, on payment of a tax, was secured by
treaty; the necessity of protecting pilgrims, however, gave rise to the medieval military orders, such as the Knights Templar.
The chief places of pilgrimage in the West included, in Italy,
Rome, Loreto (near
Ancona), and
Assisi; in Spain,
Santiago de Compostela,
Guadalupe, and the
monastery of Montserrat near
Barcelona; in Northern Europe, the shrine of St. Olav (Olaf) at Nidaros Cathedral in
Trondheim, Norway; in
France, the
churches of Notre-Dame de Fourvière, at
Lyon, and Saint-Denis; in
Germany,
Cologne and Trèves (now
Trier); in
Switzerland,
Einsiedeln Abbey; in
England, Walsingham Abbey, in eastern England, and Canterbury; in
Scotland,
Whithorn,
Scone, Dundee,
Paisley, and Melrose Abbey; in Ireland, many places connected with the life or death of the early Irish people saints; and in France
Basilica of the Sacré Cœur, Le Puy,
Paray-le-Monial, Issoudun, Saint-Omer, and
Lourdes. Gustavo A. Madero is the site of a celebrated shrine to the
Virgin Mary, in central
Mexico.
In early
Celtic Christianity, pilgrimage was an asceticism religious practice, leaving home and the
clan for an unknown destination, in complete trust of
Divine Providence. These travells often resulted in the founding of new
abbeys and spreading christiantity among the pagan population in
Sub-Roman Britain as well as on
continental Europe.
Literature
- Kerschbaum & Gattinger, Via Francigena - DVD- Documentation, of a modern pilgrimage to Rome, ISBN: 3200005009, Verlag EUROVIA, Vienna 2005
External links
- Pilgrims and Pilgrimage - An Online Teaching and Learning Resource
- The Pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela Wiki
- All about Pilgrimage and Ways in Europe from the EUROVIA Association
- Sacred-Heart Basilica, Paris
- Notre-Dame du Sacré-Coeur, Issoudun
- Way of A Pilgrim Modern Christian pilgrim loosely based on the Russian Orthodox classic The Way of A Pilgrim
- Pilgrimages to Jerusalem Descriptions of pilgrimages to Jerusalem from the 3rd-20th centuries
- Medieval Pilgrims' Clothing Illustrations of 13th-16th century pilgrims, and links to photos of 16th century clothing made for pilgrimage
- Account of pilgrimage to Nidaros (Trondheim) in Norway on Olav's Way. With useful page about kit.
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This article is on religious pilgrims. For other uses, see Pilgrim (disambiguation).
A
pilgrim is one who undertakes a religious pilgrimage, literally 'far afield'. This is traditionally a visit to a place of some religious significance; often a considerable distance is traveled. Examples include a Muslim visiting Mecca or a Christianity or Jew visiting
Jerusalem. No religion has laid greater stress on the duty of a pilgrimage than Islam in the Hajj. In the United States the word "
Pilgrims" usually refers to the first European settlers of
New England, who celebrated the "
First Thanksgiving" with the
Native Americans in the United States in 1621.MahrukhPilgrimages are characteristic of many religions, such as those of ancient Egypt, Persia in the
Mithraism, India, China, and Japan. The
ancient Greece and Ancient Rome custom of consulting the gods at local
oracles, such as those at
Dodona or Delphi, both in Greece, is widely known. In the early period of History of ancient Israel and Judah, pilgrimages were made to
Shiloh and
Dan and to Bethel (now Beitin,
Jordan). The great Islamic pilgrimage to
Mecca (now in
Saudi Arabia), is obligatory for every Muslim, and other Islamic devotional pilgrimages, particularly to the tombs of
saints, are numerous. Kairouan in
Tunisia, Ouezzane in
Morocco, Karbala in
Iraq, and
Mashhad (
Meshed) in Iran are sacred Muslim cities.
Benares (now Varanasi), India is a renowned place of pilgrimage for
Hinduism.
.The Early Christianity made pilgrimages to the scenes of the Passion (Christianity) in
Jerusalem. Even after Jerusalem had been occupied by the Saracens, the liberty of pilgrimage, on payment of a tax, was secured by
treaty; the necessity of protecting pilgrims, however, gave rise to the medieval military orders, such as the Knights Templar.
The chief places of pilgrimage in the West included, in Italy, Rome, Loreto (near Ancona), and
Assisi; in Spain, Santiago de Compostela,
Guadalupe, and the
monastery of Montserrat near
Barcelona; in Northern Europe, the shrine of St. Olav (Olaf) at Nidaros Cathedral in
Trondheim, Norway; in
France, the churches of
Notre-Dame de Fourvière, at Lyon, and Saint-Denis; in Germany, Cologne and
Trèves (now
Trier); in Switzerland,
Einsiedeln Abbey; in
England, Walsingham Abbey, in eastern England, and Canterbury; in
Scotland, Whithorn,
Scone,
Dundee,
Paisley, and Melrose Abbey; in
Ireland, many places connected with the life or death of the early Irish people saints; and in
France Basilica of the Sacré Cœur, Le Puy, Paray-le-Monial, Issoudun,
Saint-Omer, and
Lourdes. Gustavo A. Madero is the site of a celebrated shrine to the
Virgin Mary, in central Mexico.
In early
Celtic Christianity, pilgrimage was an asceticism religious practice, leaving home and the clan for an unknown destination, in complete trust of
Divine Providence. These travells often resulted in the founding of new
abbeys and spreading christiantity among the pagan population in Sub-Roman Britain as well as on
continental Europe.
Literature
- Kerschbaum & Gattinger, Via Francigena - DVD- Documentation, of a modern pilgrimage to Rome, ISBN: 3200005009, Verlag EUROVIA, Vienna 2005
External links
- Pilgrims and Pilgrimage - An Online Teaching and Learning Resource
- The Pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela Wiki
- All about Pilgrimage and Ways in Europe from the EUROVIA Association
- Sacred-Heart Basilica, Paris
- Notre-Dame du Sacré-Coeur, Issoudun
- Way of A Pilgrim Modern Christian pilgrim loosely based on the Russian Orthodox classic The Way of A Pilgrim
- Pilgrimages to Jerusalem Descriptions of pilgrimages to Jerusalem from the 3rd-20th centuries
- Medieval Pilgrims' Clothing Illustrations of 13th-16th century pilgrims, and links to photos of 16th century clothing made for pilgrimage
- Account of pilgrimage to Nidaros (Trondheim) in Norway on Olav's Way. With useful page about kit.
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