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Pilgrimage
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1. Europe
1.1. Etymology and purposeLatin
peregrinatio (journey, pilgrimage) is derived from
per agrum (across the field, i.e. over land). The etymology suggests primarily an arduous path to a goal. The goal could be defined variously: the most important motives were probably thanksgiving, penance, petition, quest for religious companionship, and expectation of other religious benefits. This marked a change from the conception, still dominant in antiquity and late antiquity, that saw life itself as a pilg…
Date:
2020-10-06
