Conques and Compostela

Conques and Compostela

Jun 9, 2015 | Puy Road

Afterwards, in descending from the summit, one finds the hospice and the church with the rock that Roland split with his sword   Conques and Compostela formed an alliance early on. There has been much debate among medieval historians regarding the influence held...
Aubrac Notre-Dame des Pauvres

Aubrac Notre-Dame des Pauvres

Feb 19, 2013 | Puy Road

He Found Him in a Desert Land and in the Waste Howling Wilderness The hospice of Aubrac Notre-Dame des Pauvres was a vital station on the Puy Road to Compostela. Lyon was a great hub of the vast Roman road system of Gaul, built during the first century BC. One of the...
Bishop Godescalc departed from Aquitaine to offer prayers

Bishop Godescalc departed from Aquitaine to offer prayers

Jun 8, 2009 | Puy Road

The first recorded pilgrimage across the Pyrenees to the shrine of Saint James is that of the bishop Godescalc of Le Puy-en-Velay in the Auvergne region. This occurred in the winter of the year 951. The monk Gomez of the monastery of Abelda recorded that Godescalc...