In message <>, Anonim
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>I'm interested in knowing who's researching the cultural-religious history of
>Andorra. I'm preparing an "Encyclopedia of Pilgrimage" for the American
>publishing company ABC-CLIO. I've read that there is a national pilgrimage site
>in MEritxell.
>Has anyone out there visited the church? Made a pilgrimage there? Can give me a
>little history or some bibliographical data?
>
The legend which gave rise to the Meritxell pilgrimage is described
briefly on my web site. <http://www.chy-an-piran.demon.co.uk/vt47-2/>
"Andorran Legends".
I don't know to what extent the Meritxell pilgrimage is still observed.
In days past, when getting about was much more difficult, it served a
practical as well as a religious purpose. Rather like the annual fair
in an English country market town, it was an opportunity for people from
different villages and indeed from neighbouring parts of Spain and
France to meet to renew old acquaintances and make new ones.
If you can read Catalan and if a library can track down the book for
you, the following reference may be of interest: "Fiter, P. LLuis-Ignasi
-, S. J. (Un Novici de Companyia de Jesus). Historia y Novena de Na.
Sra. de Meritxell, Patrona general de les Valls d'Andorra, venerada en
lo seu Santuari situat el lo terme de la Parroquia de Canillo. Per un
novici de la Campanyia de Jesus... / 142 pp, frontispici i mapa en
setzau, Tipografia Catolica, Barcelona, 1874."
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E. J. Jewell mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
<URL:http://www.chy-an-piran.demon.co.uk/>
