The 'Rugby Chapel', aka the Saint Louis – Notre-Dame de l’Ovalie Chapel. Consecrated in 2011 to 'Our Lady of the Oval' and dedicated to dead and injured players and their families. Filled with rugby-themed ex-votos. Stained glass window added in the early 2020s. 1/2

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Having studied the 'Miracles of Our Lady of Rocamadour' and having followed the 12th-century pilgrims in my mind as they wind their way up steep mountain tracks and over river gorges on their mules or horses, I was delighted to discover that the terrain around Rocamadour is exactly as I imagined!

Legend has it that when a miracle occurs this 9th-century bell (coined the Miracle Bell) rings! 🔔

Plaques giving thanks for the miracles and graces received from Our Lady of Rocamadour. 😇

The crypt and chapel of St Amadour. His relics are no longer there, but the site where his remains were discovered is a focus for veneration (3rd image). 1/2

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Our Lady of Rocamadour is famous for interceding on behalf of sailors and captives, hence the ship theme and shackles in the chapel!

And here she is: the 12th-century miracle-working statue of Our Lady of Rocamadour! 😍

Following in the footsteps of medieval pilgrims, up the 216 steps of the 'Grand Staircase' to the Sanctuary above. 👣 Pious pilgrims may climb on their knees or say an Ave Maria at each step. (Tourists far outnumber pilgrims today!)

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Thrilled to visit Rocamadour (France) yesterday! 😍 Founded in response to the discovery of the relics of a hermit, St Amadour. However, it became a famous pilgrimage destination in the 12th century when numerous miracles were attributed to a statue of Our Lady of Rocamadour.

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Mooching around medieval Bergerac this afternoon. 1/2

Bonjour from the medieval heart of Bergerac on the Dordogne and at the start of one of France's caminos. Our apartment (2nd image) is in a 15th- century half- timbered building. Perfect!

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Cathedral of St Rufino, Assisi. 📸2025

The saved grave-surfing to heaven on the left and the damned dragged to hell's mouth on the right. The restored late-medieval Doom painting over the chancel arch of St James the Great at South Leigh, Oxfordshire. 📸2026

Today is the feast day of St Margaret of Scotland. Here are her relics - along with those of St Columba and St Andrew (3 patron saints of Scotland) - carried in procession to Iona Abbey during the annual Brecbannock Pilgrimage in 2023.

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Some neatly labelled relics at Carfin Grotto, near Motherwell. Most minor relics in the Middle Ages would have been packaged in this way. 📸2022

On St Columba's feast day: his birthplace at Gartan, County Donegal (Ireland). 😇 📸2023

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Statue of St Roche at the chapel dedicated to him on the Camino Inglés, Galicia. Apparently during Covid the locals held a daily lock-in here to invoke the 'plague saint' for help against the pandemic. 📸2024

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OTD two years ago, I embarked on a pilgrimage voyage that would take me, and 35 other pilgrims, from Fowey in Cornwell to A Coruña, and from there walking along the 'English Way' to Santiago de Compostela.

For the feast day of St. Columba (Columcille): Iona Abbey, founded by Columba in 563. Now a popular pilgrimage destination! 📸2023

Travelling in style on the Bradwell Pilgrimage (Essex) last summer. 📸2025

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Maendu Well, nr Brecon, Wales. 📸2025

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Posh toilets at All Saints' Church, Bisley (Gloucestershire) dressed up as confessionals! 📸2025

St Catherine's Well, Binsey. St Frideswide of Oxford is said to have taken refuge nearby and medieval pilgrims came to the well for healing. 📸2025

Skull relic of Thomas Becket within a c1666 reliquary. Displayed at the British Museum Becket exhibition. 📸2021

Last Orders, anyone?! A fearsome-looking priest about to perform the Last Rites at Beverley Minster. 📸2025

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The impressive triple-decker pulpit at St Mary's Church, Whitby (1748). 📸2026

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Part of the Dance of Death sequence on a panel painting at Hexham Abbey. Here, a skeleton dances with a cardinal. 📸2025

Bernini's famous 17th-century baldachin over St Peter's shrine at St Peter's Basilica, Rome, taking a look at the 136 meter-high Dome above. 📸2024

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Restored late-medieval wall painting of St Clement with his anchor. (He was drowned by being thrown into the sea tied to an anchor). Church of St James the Great, South Leigh, Oxfordshire. 📸2026

Along the Camino Frances (approaching Estella) in April 2019. 👣

St Cuthbert with St Oswald's Head. Depicted in the Cuthbert Windows, York Minster c1440. 📸2025

St Hilda's holy well & church, Hinderwell, nr Whitby. Note the dog bowl for thirsty canine pilgrims! 📸2026