St. Francis

[Joe & MJ]

Again, let me weigh in without giving a specific answer. For info re: St.
Francis in Spain the two best (i.e. most specific) articles are:

Lopez, Atanasio. "Viaje de San Francisco a Espana." Archivo ibero-americano
1.1 (1914): 13-45; 1.2 (1914): 257-89; 1.3 (1914): 369-90; 1.4 (1914):
542-63. "Based on 16th century chronicles, with a none-too-discerning
examination of them, although does offer good bibliography of that period.
Part I deals with St. Francis' arrival in Santiago; Part II his travels
along the road and in Galicia. The last 2 segments continue with the Saint's
travels into Portugal.

Lopez, Atanasio. "Tres santos peregrinos compostelanos en la edad media."
Nuevos estudios critico-historicos acerca de Galicia. Ed. Lino Gomez Canedo.
2 vols. Madrid: CSIC, 1947. 2: 22-8
Investigates the importance of St. James to St. Francis and his followers.
Believes that Bernardo de Quitaval and B. Gil (2 of the original 7 disciples
of St. Francis) were sent to Compostela in pilgrimage during the formative
years of the Franciscan order. Examines the chronology of their visits and
the writings about them.

Note that these are both relatively old and both by the same author, so I
make no claims about their veracity or the worthiness of their scholarship.
MJ

Maryjane Dunn, PhD
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Road to Santiago Pilgrimage [mailto:GOCAMINOaPETE.URI.EDU]On
> Behalf Of Dorothy Imundi
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> Subject: Re: photos, million per year
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>
> Barry wrote that there is no real evidence that St. Francis walked the
> camino.  However, I remember somewhere along the way coming across a
> monastery that had been founded by St. Francis when he was
> there,assuming it
> was during his pilgrimage to Santiago.  Does anyone remember where this
> monastery is?  Actually the inhabitants of said monastery would
> probably have
> some real historical evidence that St. Francis had actually been there.
> Dorothy
>