tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9018985237438196013.post4084396896513671409..comments2024-01-04T08:15:33.342+01:00Comments on Big Fun in a Tiny Pueblo: The Salvador is Callin´ My NameRebrites@yahoo.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11827625656760747239noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9018985237438196013.post-11712042527732087832009-03-21T02:41:00.000+01:002009-03-21T02:41:00.000+01:00Way cool, Rebekah!An aimless hobo drifter: I can r...Way cool, Rebekah!<BR/>An aimless hobo drifter: I can relate to that.<BR/>Can't wait to read the results of your adventures.<BR/>Ultreya et suseya, always!claire bangasserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12380558962103134334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9018985237438196013.post-75837850086919861152009-03-21T02:26:00.000+01:002009-03-21T02:26:00.000+01:00Hurray, Rebekah...I'm a bit envious of being able ...Hurray, Rebekah...<BR/><BR/>I'm a bit envious of being able to just get out and walk on an ancient Camino...but now its my allergy time to show up...<BR/><BR/>Still planning on a May arrival<BR/><BR/>ultreya<BR/>Kathy (also home from presenting at the GatheringAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9018985237438196013.post-50855261073808341662009-03-20T16:39:00.000+01:002009-03-20T16:39:00.000+01:00Unless Jesus of Nazareth was a midget, that shroud...Unless Jesus of Nazareth was a midget, that shroud could never have been wrapped around his body! I've seen it (the Sudarium) and it is the size of a dishcloth. It is actually the cloth that covered his face as he was dying on the cross. We are told that they were allowed to do that to people who were crucified in order to spare the sensibilities of those who were watching!<BR/>There is no image on this cloth. Only stains are visible to the naked eye, although more is visible under the microscope. Such a cloth is known to have existed from the gospel of John, chapter 20, verses 6 and 7. These verses read as follows, "Simon Peter, following him, also came up, went into the tomb, saw the linen cloth lying on the ground, and also the cloth that had been over his head; this was not with the linen cloth but rolled up in a place by itself." John clearly differentiates between this smaller face cloth, the sudarium, and the larger linen that had wrapped the body.<BR/>According to this history, the sudarium was in Palestine until shortly before the year 614, when Jerusalem was attacked and conquered by Chosroes II, who was king of Persia from 590 to 628. It was taken away to avoid destruction in the invasion, first to Alexandria by the presbyter Philip, then across the north of Africa when Chosroes conquered Alexandria in 616. The sudarium entered Spain at Cartagena, along with people who were fleeing from the Persians. The bishop of Ecija, Fulgentius, welcomed the refugees and the relics, and surrendered the chest, or ark, to Leandro, bishop of Seville. He took it to Seville, where it spent some years. <BR/>Saint Isidore was later bishop of Seville, and teacher of Saint Ildefonso, who was in turn appointed bishop of Toledo. When he left Seville to take up his post there, he took the chest with him. It stayed in Toledo until the year 718. It was then taken further north to avoid destruction at the hands of the Muslims, who conquered the majority of the Iberian peninsula at the beginning of the eighth century. It was first kept in a cave that is now called Monsacro, ten kilometres from Oviedo. King Alfonso II had a special chapel built for the chest, called the "Cámara Santa", later incorporated into the cathedral.<BR/>The key date in the history of the sudarium is the 14th March 1075, when the chest was officially opened in the presence of King Alfonso VI, his sister Doña Urraca, and Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, better known as El Cid. A list was made of the relics that were in the chest, and which included the sudarium.<BR/>Anyway - enough of all that. My favorite item on the list of relics was "crumbs from the last supper". (I wonder who had to sweep them up and put them in the chest?)<BR/>Enjoy your trek Reb. My friend John will be walking el Salvador in September so I'm looking forward to your report back.<BR/>SilSilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14206993775726151899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9018985237438196013.post-87421222055304016612009-03-20T10:55:00.000+01:002009-03-20T10:55:00.000+01:00buen camino peregrina!lovenirvana:-)buen camino peregrina!<BR/>love<BR/>nirvana<BR/>:-)verenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11392259272254395337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9018985237438196013.post-78593721353194089092009-03-19T10:07:00.000+01:002009-03-19T10:07:00.000+01:00Hi, Rebekah,I'm eagerly awaiting news from the Sal...Hi, Rebekah,<BR/><BR/>I'm eagerly awaiting news from the Salvador! Hope you answer all Piers' questions and find that lost trail, because walking on the N-630 up to the pass at Arbas is not one of those magical stretches. <BR/><BR/>You probably won't see this in time, unless you found the internet spot downstairs from the albergue in Pola de Lena, but in Oviedo, the Hostal Arcos is a good place to stay. It's right on the path the Salvador takes into town. Clean and about 30E. It's right before the arch leading into the Plaza del Ayuntamiento -- Calle Madalena 3, tel: 985 214 773 <BR/><BR/>And there's lots of free internet at the Oviedo public library, which is very close to the hostal. Located right next to that old market area, Mercado del Frontan. <BR/><BR/>Can't wait to hear all about it! Laurielauriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01408110321818832857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9018985237438196013.post-48113067968137429752009-03-18T20:54:00.000+01:002009-03-18T20:54:00.000+01:00Insha'allahInsha'allahNobody reallyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07305426408866967565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9018985237438196013.post-82288603512921344602009-03-18T16:43:00.000+01:002009-03-18T16:43:00.000+01:00Buen Camino Rebbekah!I am eagerly anticipating you...Buen Camino Rebbekah!<BR/><BR/>I am eagerly anticipating your next posts...<BR/><BR/>"Ginn"<BR/>Home from the Annual GatheringVirginia ("Ginn")https://www.blogger.com/profile/17587919109305422263noreply@blogger.com