Why is Santiago de Compostela important to Catholics?
Why is Santiago de Compostela important to Catholics? Santiago is one of the three important pilgrimage cities of Christianity, alongside Jerusalem and Rome. When European Christians saw that their faith was threatened by the advance of Islam, they asserted it by pilgrimaging to the recently discovered Sepulchre of the Apostle Saint James, in the 9th century.
What are 3 facts about Santiago de Compostela?
1981 Santiago becomes Galicia's capital. 1985 Santiago is declared a UNESCO World Heritage site. The Catholic Church charges you 20 EUR to see the secret parts of The Cathedral, in particular, the Portico da Gloria or the Rooftop.
What disciple was buried in Spain?
The only certainty is that a tremendous devotion to Saint James the Apostle grew up around a certain tomb in Compostela in Spain (as late as 1884, these relics were approved by Pope Leo XIII). The mystery is, how the apostle James came to be buried there.