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Pilgrimage

Walking to holy ground — the Holy Land, the martyrs' tombs, the saints' shrines

Pilgrimage is devotional travel to holy places — the Holy Land, martyrs' shrines, and saints' tombs — for prayer and penance, attested early by the Bordeaux Pilgrim of 333 and Egeria's Travels around 380. It remains central to Catholic, Orthodox, and Oriental piety, with destinations like Rome, Santiago, and Athos. Reformed and many Protestants, however, rejected shrine pilgrimage as superstitious.

How it traveled

  1. The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on the Epistle to the Hebrews
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
    explains
  2. The Letters of St. Jerome
    Bethlehem · 420
    applies
  3. Expositions on the Book of Psalms
    Hippo Regius · 430
    explains
  4. The Christian Pilgrim
    Northampton, Massachusetts · 1758
    explains

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The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on the Epistle to the Hebrews · John Chrysostom

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On Pilgrimages · Gregory of Nyssa

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Expositions on the Book of Psalms · Augustine of Hippo

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Expositions on the Book of Psalms · Augustine of Hippo

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The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on the Epistle to the Hebrews · John Chrysostom

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The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom · John Chrysostom

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Thoughts Helpful in the Life of the Soul · Thomas à Kempis

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