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Cathedral cities of Spain (1909)

Collins, William Wiehe, 1862- · New York : Dodd, Mead · leaf 349

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s,the moment had arrived for the anti-climax! I expectedevery minute to see a door open, a light stream acrossthe square, a cloaked figure steal furtively out, and dis-appear down into the shadow of the lane. It was per-fect, nothing could have been arranged better as an in-troduction to Santiago… … SANTIAGO course of time their whereabouts was forgotten, and itremained for Bishop Theodomir to rediscover the sacredspot in 829, guided thither by a star. Hence the CampusStellae—or Compostela. The shrine of the saint is still visited by innumerablepilgrims, and perhaps more arrive in Santiago…

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