Tuesday, July 3, 2007

The Compostelana


When you get to Santiago you go to the Pilgrims Office, where you stand in line to present your stamped credencial and apply for the certificate of a completed pilgrimage, called the compostelana. At the pilgrimage museum in Santiago, I saw a copy of a compostelana from the 1800s, and it looked pretty much like the one I received (see above).

The certificate is in Latin; any readers of Latin want to translate? (Click on the image to enlarge it.)

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