Vézelay

Vézelay

Aug 14, 2009 | Limoges Road

The church of Vézelay is known and shining unto the ends of the earth and eminent all over the world Hugues de Poitiers   Video: The Pilgrimage Road at Vézelay An Artsymbol Production Music by Martin A Smith Duration 1:35   On a lonely hilltop in Burgundy stands...
Vézelay and the Relics of Mary Magdalene

Vézelay and the Relics of Mary Magdalene

Aug 17, 2009 | Limoges Road

How the relics of blessed Mary Magdalene came to the French town of Vézelay ought to be commented on briefly Possession of the relics of Mary Magdalene enabled the abbey of Vézelay in Burgundy to become one of the most important pilgrimage centres in the whole of...
Les Saintes Maries de la Mer

Les Saintes Maries de la Mer

Apr 7, 2011 | Toulouse Road

In the Province of Narbonne, where the Rhône reaches the sea are the Islands of Sticados more commonly known as the Camargue. It is there on the shore of the sea that one finds the first of all churches of the continent The twelfth century church of Les Saintes Maries...
Mary Magdalene

Mary Magdalene

Aug 13, 2009 | Saints

Thereupon, on the route that through Saint-Leonard stretches towards Santiago, the most worthy remains of the Blessed Mary Magdalene must first of all be rightly worshipped by the pilgrims The Pilgrim’s Guide   Mary Magdalene was the medieval world’s most...
The Provencal Saints

The Provencal Saints

May 17, 2009 | Saints

Arriving from the region of Jerusalem, they went by sea as far as the country of Provence The broad delta of the Rhone river had since the earliest days, been a centre for religious cults. The river itself connected the Mediterranean world with that of northern Europe...