Dr Anne E Bailey

My article, "Journey or Destination? Rethinking Pilgrimage in the Western Tradition" is now online (Open Access). Delighted it has been chosen for the front cover of the @Religions_MDPI Special Issue, "Pilgrimage and Religious Mobilization in the World"! mdpi.com/2077-1444/14/9…

Trying to channel St Cuthbert on his feast day as I prepare a talk on his medieval cult and pilgrimage for an event in London tomorrow! 😇

'Beautiful' new pilgrimage routes near Fountains Abbey to be unveiled for walkers for first time msn.com/en-gb/travel/e…

Pilgrim companions on the long path out of Pamplona on the Camino Frances, Spain. 📸2019

Rather different from its late-medieval counterpart as depicted in the Cuthbert Window at York Minster! The window is currently undergoing restoration, but some panels were on display when I visited in December, including this gem. 📸2025

A warm welcome today from pupils at Rochester Riverside C of E Primary School as our pilgrimage reached Rochester.  We met lots of fascinating people along the way, and Evensong at @RochesterCathed .  Pilgrimage is as much about the people we meet as the miles we walk.

For St Cuthbert's Day: his shrine at Durham Cathedral. 📸2025

Today is the feast day of our Patron Saint, St Cuthbert. Durham Cathedral exists as the final resting place of one of the North’s greatest saints: the man who lived a humble and prayerful life and who inspired many to follow in the footsteps of Christ.

One of the many Anglo-Saxon carvings at Breedon Priory Church, Breedon on the Hill, Leicestershire. This one has been interpreted as a woman making a sign of blessing. 📸2024

19 Mar: feast #otd of Alcmund, martyr of #Northumbria, son of King Alchred 765-74 (AndyMabbett/Kelly - sarcophagus)

@MadsDavies My favourite bishop (such a lovely man!!) and one of my favourite cathedrals! So pleased. 😍

This is my diocese and I must say I'm over the moon! stalbansdiocese.org/news/andrew-ru…

@WalkerMarcus And, if I'm not mistaken, he's recently been on a pilgrimage!

This is excellent news for St Albans. Andrew Rumsey is not only a deeply pastoral bishop and a man with 18 years of parish experience but has written one of the best and most theologically rich books on parish and place. gov.uk/government/new…

Day two of the pilgrimage. Reflection at Lesnes Abbey, Morning Prayer at St John the Baptist in Erith, and a lovely visit with pupils at Holy Trinity C of E Primary School. Pilgrimage teaches us to keep walking - step by step - sustained by prayer and community.

19 Mar 1469: William Selling, Prior of Christ Church #Canterbury charges a Lollard #otd who was opposed to the cult of St. Thomas Becket of #Canterbury (Pilgrim badges: BM/Met Museum) Neither could have predicted the shrine's destruction 69 years hence, in 1538.

@jonmsweeney As in the Middle Ages, pilgrimage can be taken in a day and cost no more than the price of transport to and from the destination.

@AnneEBailey1 My concern is that pilgrimage is - in the 21st century, in contrast to the Middle Ages - is most often something for the wealthy, privileged, no need for employment few.

The new Archbishop is making pilgrimage part of the zeitgeist yahoo.com/lifestyle/arti…

Hair relic of John Henry Newman displayed at Carfin Grotto, Nr Motherwell. 📸2022

St Aldhelm's Well, Doulting, Somerset. 📸2021

@HistoryMalc My fingers firmly crossed for you too, Malcolm!🤞

Sticking my head in this tumble dryer today after a few weeks of weird headaches. Hopefully they will find a brain 😆

@LeGourrierecXa1 No, I didn't. Interesting; thank you! 🙏

@AnneEBailey1 Did you know there is a village named after him in Brittany ? Saint Jean Brévelay. In the Xth century Bretons fled the Normand invasion. Returning from England, they brought back relics of St John Beverley and named their parish after him photos-eglises.fr/Bretagne/56/St…

Statue of St John of Beverley at Beverley Minster. His remains lie buried at the eastern end of the nave. 📸2025

What is pilgrimage? - Christianity christianity.org.uk/article/what-i… via @christianityuk