Between December 8-12, an estimated 12 million Catholic pilgrims flocked to the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe complex in Mexico City. In addition, tens of thousands of pilgrims visited an assortment of shrines in the U.S. dedicated to Our Lady of Guadalupe. According to Catholic legend, M...
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the Catholic Church in the Middle Ages did not participate in or emphasize the quest for the Holy Grail. While the medieval Church is often criticized for taking advantage of miracles and shrines for pilgrimage, she did not use this seemingly perfect opportunity for donations and bequests to ven...
Of the former we possess yet two curious remnants, entitled “Notitke regtonum Urbis Romae” and “Curiosum Urbis Romae”, also a list of oils collected at the shrines of the Roman martyrs by Abbot Johannes for Queen Theodolinda, and known as the Papyrus of Monza. An Old Syriac text ...