Dr Anne E Bailey
@AnneEBailey1
Oxford medievalist; pilgrimage enthusiast and researcher. Saints, relics, shrines, pilgrims. Member of @OxfordHistory and tutor @OxfordConted
My article, "Journey or Destination? Rethinking Pilgrimage in the Western Tradition" is now online (Open Access). Delighted it has been chosen for the front cover of the @Religions_MDPI Special Issue, "Pilgrimage and Religious Mobilization in the World"! mdpi.com/2077-1444/14/9…
Last Sunday in July: Reek Sunday/Garland Sunday/Domhnach na Cruaiche. Pilgrims climb Croagh Patrick, #Mayo! Some barefoot! In honour of St Patrick; 441 spent 40 days fasting there! 15,000-30,000 people! Mass at summit. Archbishop of Tuam leads 2 hour climb. 1 1/2 hour walk down!
From the archives: Lone Pilgrim had harrowing experience on the Reek con-telegraph.ie/2025/07/25/fro…
Clive to walk 500 miles for Doreen #CaminodeSantiago spaldingvoice.co.uk/clive-to-walk-…
My Virtual Camino: Celebrating the Feast of St. James in My Own Backyard bustedhalo.com/ministry-resou…
Five-figure grant paves way for enhancements to 'Welsh Camino' msn.com/en-gb/travel/n…
14th-century shrine of St Bertram, Ilam (Staffordshire). Intriguingly, the relics of this 8th-century hermit may still be present beneath the 9th-century tomb cover! 📷2023
Guide for the Compostela Pilgrimage from #ParisOn the feast of St James #otd 25 July. With some pilgrims giving vivid witness to the emotional rollercoaster of the long walk. Jacques Callot, c. 1623-1699. (Rijksmuseum)
Slow Ways: Volunteers map 10,000 routes in Great Britain to help make walking accessible theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2…
Marian Statue Pilgrimage Ignites Interfaith Harmony in Indonesia | RVA rvasia.org/asian-news/mar…
To celebrate St James's Day: the swinging of the Botafumeiro at Santiago Cathedral! 📷2024 #stjamesday #pilgrimage
Happy feast day of St James! 😇 Images from the cathedral at Santiago: St James's shrine in the crypt and his statue above the high altar. Hugging the statue is a centuries-old tradition.
"Often called ‘the most difficult hike in America’, the Manitou Incline has become a place of secular pilgrimage" ft.com/content/29fcb3… via @ft
2007 shrine dedicated to King Ethelbert, 8th-century martyr, on the probable site of the original medieval shrine @HFDCathedral. The modern shrine depicts stories from the saint's life. 📷2023
Just published: my latest Pilgrimage video takes a quick peep into Repton's famous 8th-century crypt, once containing the shrine of St Wystan/Wigstan and a popular place of pilgrimage! youtu.be/kRv72axS5WE?si…
Annual jubilee pilgrimage in Valletta on Friday timesofmalta.com/article/annual…
Love this 16th-century statue of St James as a pilgrim at Santiago's Pilgrim Museum. 📷2024 #pilgrimage #StJamesDay
Happy feast day of St James! 😇 Images from the cathedral at Santiago: St James's shrine in the crypt and his statue above the high altar. Hugging the statue is a centuries-old tradition.
25th July is the feast of St James the Apostle who is here depicted with scallop shells at the beginning of the liturgy of James BL Add 12213; Pilgrim's Guide to Compostela; Spain W. (Santiago?); 1st half of the 14th century; f.3v @BLMedieval
Join #Birmingham #ChurchesTogether for their #ecumenical pilgrimage next week There are still a few places available if you fancy joining them to mark the 1700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea 🥾👟🥾 Find all the info and sign up birminghamchurches.org.uk/first-ecumenic… #Nicaea2025
Happy feast day of St James! 😇 Images from the cathedral at Santiago: St James's shrine in the crypt and his statue above the high altar. Hugging the statue is a centuries-old tradition.
Sea pilgrimage to liminal Llanddwyn Island on Anglesey 🏴 - hermitage of St Dwynwen d c. 460, she became the saint for lovers - ruins of 12C monastic pilgrimage church (16C windows?) - lighthouses & pilots’ cottages - stunning views of Llyn Peninsula, & - greeted by a harpist!