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The Apostle James

The Codex Calixtinus specifies that the apostle James “was martyred on March 25, on July 25 he was taken from Iria to Compostela and was...

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Celebrations and traditions

Entire city 2nd fortnight in July The festivities dedicated to the Apostle, the patron saint of Santiago, of Galicia and of all of...

Celebrations and traditions

Praza do Obradoiro July 24th As part of the Apóstol Festival, an impressive audiovisual, fireworks and laser show, along with the...

History

There were numerous motives for undertaking the pilgrimage. Pope Callistus, in 1122, during the diffusion of the Gregorian reforms, instituted...

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Conoce Boqueixón y visita sus parroquias, pues cuentan con suficientes motivos para conocer, desde capillas e iglesias parroquiales...

History

The discovery of the tomb of the Apostle, which took place around the second or third decade in the 9th century, was the logical end of an oral...

History

Wave after wave of pilgrims soon appeared. All of Christendom wanted to visit the Apostle’s tomb, especially after the Turkish invasions...

Visiting the Cathedral

Following the French model of Romanesque pilgrimage churches, the Cathedral of Santiago’s interior space has a traditional Latin-cross...

The Children’s Cathedral

This oldest part of the Cathedral that you see today is more than a thousand years old. But the events that gave rise to it go back long before,...

Apostle