Dr Anne E Bailey
@anneebailey1.bsky.social
Oxford medievalist, pilgrimage enthusiast and researcher.
Member of Oxford's Faculty of History and Departmental Tutor @oxlifelonglearning.bsky.social
Posting about saints, relics, shrines, & pilgrims!
Member of Oxford's Faculty of History and Departmental Tutor @oxlifelonglearning.bsky.social
Posting about saints, relics, shrines, & pilgrims!
Pinned
Tall Ship Camino Inglés, 2024
YouTube video by Dr Anne E Bailey
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For my new followers in this lovely place, I also have a YouTube channel for sharing highlights of my own pilgrimages in short videos.
This is my most recent, recapturing daily life aboard a tall ship, part of this summer's Tall Ship Camino Inglés adventure!
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This is my most recent, recapturing daily life aboard a tall ship, part of this summer's Tall Ship Camino Inglés adventure!
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St Agnes holy well, Cothelstone, Somerset. Wellhead over the spring dates to between 1300 and 1500.
📸2023
📸2023
February 1, 2026 at 1:41 PM
St Agnes holy well, Cothelstone, Somerset. Wellhead over the spring dates to between 1300 and 1500.
📸2023
📸2023
How St Brigid made Kildare the hotspot of 7th century Ireland
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How St Brigid made Kildare the hotspot of 7th century Ireland
Medieval writer Cogitosus described Kildare as a 'vast and metropolitan city' thanks to the presence of the tomb of St Brigid
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February 1, 2026 at 9:24 AM
How St Brigid made Kildare the hotspot of 7th century Ireland
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'The Martyrdom'. The site of Thomas Becket's murder in the north-west transept of Canterbury Cathedral in 1170. Sculpture 1986 by Giles Blomfield of Truro.
📸2023
📸2023
January 31, 2026 at 1:19 PM
'The Martyrdom'. The site of Thomas Becket's murder in the north-west transept of Canterbury Cathedral in 1170. Sculpture 1986 by Giles Blomfield of Truro.
📸2023
📸2023
Exploring the Spiritual Legacy of the Camino de Santiago Through Its Historic Buildings and Public Spaces varsity.co.uk/sponsored/ex...
Exploring the Spiritual Legacy of the Camino de Santiago Through Its Historic Buildings and Public Spaces
Commercial Feature
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January 31, 2026 at 10:45 AM
Exploring the Spiritual Legacy of the Camino de Santiago Through Its Historic Buildings and Public Spaces varsity.co.uk/sponsored/ex...
10th-century 'hogback' grave marker displayed at Hexham Abbey, Northumberland.
📸2025
📸2025
January 31, 2026 at 7:43 AM
10th-century 'hogback' grave marker displayed at Hexham Abbey, Northumberland.
📸2025
📸2025
Walking Into Rhythm: Two Friends on the Camino de Santiago
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Walking Into Rhythm: Two Friends on the Camino de Santiago
On a quiet stretch of trail in northwestern Spain, the Camino de Santiago has a way of meeting people exactly where they are.
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January 30, 2026 at 12:54 PM
Walking Into Rhythm: Two Friends on the Camino de Santiago
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One of my favourite shrines: St Albans' at St Alban's Cathedral, Hertfordshire. 2,000 fragments of the late-medieval shrine base were discovered in 1872 and used to reconstruct the shrine. A modern canopy was added and a relic (a piece of shoulder bone) installed in 2002.
📸2023
📸2023
January 30, 2026 at 10:19 AM
One of my favourite shrines: St Albans' at St Alban's Cathedral, Hertfordshire. 2,000 fragments of the late-medieval shrine base were discovered in 1872 and used to reconstruct the shrine. A modern canopy was added and a relic (a piece of shoulder bone) installed in 2002.
📸2023
📸2023
York St William shrine shown in Minster for first time in 500 years - BBC News
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York St William shrine shown in Minster for first time in 500 years
St William's shrine in York Minster was dismantled and buried in the city during the Reformation.
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January 30, 2026 at 7:35 AM
York St William shrine shown in Minster for first time in 500 years - BBC News
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Global Spiritual Tourism Set to Soar in 2026: Top Pilgrimage Destinations in India, Saudi Arabia, Japan, and More Revealed
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Global Spiritual Tourism Set to Soar in 2026: Top Pilgrimage Destinations in India, Saudi Arabia, Japan, and More Revealed - Travel And Tour World
Spiritual tourism is growing steadily with destinations like Varanasi, Mecca, and Kyoto attracting millions in 2026. Explore top spiritual places and trends.
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January 29, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Global Spiritual Tourism Set to Soar in 2026: Top Pilgrimage Destinations in India, Saudi Arabia, Japan, and More Revealed
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www.travelandtourworld.com/news/article...
A moustached and beautifully quaffed and tailored 14th-century musician gracing the nave of Beverley Minster, Yorkshire. Playing heavenly music for St John of Beverley buried close by.
📸December 2025
📸December 2025
January 29, 2026 at 4:13 PM
A moustached and beautifully quaffed and tailored 14th-century musician gracing the nave of Beverley Minster, Yorkshire. Playing heavenly music for St John of Beverley buried close by.
📸December 2025
📸December 2025
“THAT wasn’t a walk ... “It was a quest, a spiritual journey. . .”
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www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/202...
Travel: Rough and steep terrain hiking in the mountains of Mallorca
Francis Martin dons his hiking boots for some spiritual walking in the Serra de Tramuntana mountains, in Mallorca
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January 29, 2026 at 2:22 PM
“THAT wasn’t a walk ... “It was a quest, a spiritual journey. . .”
www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/202...
www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/202...
St Peter's Basilica in Rome and Bernini's famous Baroque bronze baldachin (1634). The Basilica's dome soars overhead and below, in the crypt, is St Peter's tomb.
📸2024
📸2024
January 29, 2026 at 12:48 PM
St Peter's Basilica in Rome and Bernini's famous Baroque bronze baldachin (1634). The Basilica's dome soars overhead and below, in the crypt, is St Peter's tomb.
📸2024
📸2024
Pilgrimage on the British Camino
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Travel: Pilgrimage on the British Camino
Dixe Wills takes his pilgrim’s passport on the St James’s Way, a reopened British section of the Camino de Santiago
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January 29, 2026 at 11:06 AM
Pilgrimage on the British Camino
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"The cloistered monks may view, from within their walls, the mountains rising above them & almost touching heaven with their exalted summits, and abounding with deer feeding aloft, at the extremity of the lofty horizon."
Gerald of Wales describing Llanthony Priory, Wales.
📸2025
Gerald of Wales describing Llanthony Priory, Wales.
📸2025
January 29, 2026 at 8:53 AM
"The cloistered monks may view, from within their walls, the mountains rising above them & almost touching heaven with their exalted summits, and abounding with deer feeding aloft, at the extremity of the lofty horizon."
Gerald of Wales describing Llanthony Priory, Wales.
📸2025
Gerald of Wales describing Llanthony Priory, Wales.
📸2025
The hidden medieval relic sitting on a Liverpool street msn.com/en-gb/news/n...
January 29, 2026 at 7:24 AM
The hidden medieval relic sitting on a Liverpool street msn.com/en-gb/news/n...
The 'Black Madonna of Częstochowa' at Jasna Góra Monastery in Poland. I joined the devotees in going on my knees around the icon, behind the high altar, and can attest to the discomfort of this pilgrim practice!
📸2022
📸2022
January 28, 2026 at 9:19 PM
The 'Black Madonna of Częstochowa' at Jasna Góra Monastery in Poland. I joined the devotees in going on my knees around the icon, behind the high altar, and can attest to the discomfort of this pilgrim practice!
📸2022
📸2022
Pleased to announce that my 2019 article, "The Troublesome Relic of a “Troublesome Priest?", has just been made Open Access! You can read the full text here, via @ResearchGate: www.researchgate.net/publication/...
The Troublesome Relic of a “Troublesome Priest”? Negotiating the Boundaries of Religion, History, and Popular Culture in Anglican Canterbury | Request PDF
Request PDF | The Troublesome Relic of a “Troublesome Priest”? Negotiating the Boundaries of Religion, History, and Popular Culture in Anglican Canterbury | In 2016, an extraordinary holy relic arrive...
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January 28, 2026 at 10:34 AM
Pleased to announce that my 2019 article, "The Troublesome Relic of a “Troublesome Priest?", has just been made Open Access! You can read the full text here, via @ResearchGate: www.researchgate.net/publication/...
St Govan's Chapel, on the Pembrokeshire coast, tucked attractively into the cliffs and accessed via a step flight of stone steps from the cliff top above. The chapel - mostly dating from the 13th century - was the one-time hermitage of a 6th-century holy man, St Govan.
📸2020
📸2020
January 28, 2026 at 7:59 AM
St Govan's Chapel, on the Pembrokeshire coast, tucked attractively into the cliffs and accessed via a step flight of stone steps from the cliff top above. The chapel - mostly dating from the 13th century - was the one-time hermitage of a 6th-century holy man, St Govan.
📸2020
📸2020
Brigid’s Way campaign seeks recognition of Louth pilgrimage route www.dundalkdemocrat.ie/news/local-n...
Brigid’s Way campaign seeks recognition of Louth pilgrimage route
Petition calls on local councils and national bodies to provide signage, maps, and support
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January 28, 2026 at 6:58 AM
Brigid’s Way campaign seeks recognition of Louth pilgrimage route www.dundalkdemocrat.ie/news/local-n...
New pilgrim path to be launched this summer in Sweden!
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Hike the pilgrim path between Läckö Castle and Hjo
Walk the Pilgrim Path from Läckö Castle to Hjo – a journey through nature, history and culture between Lake Vänern and Lake Vättern in Sweden.
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January 27, 2026 at 9:58 PM
New pilgrim path to be launched this summer in Sweden!
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Julian of Norwich's cell in St Julian's Church, Norwich. Julian's cell was discovered as a result of WWII bombing and reconstructed. Now a beautiful, tranquil and peaceful space for reflection and prayer.
📸December 2024
📸December 2024
January 27, 2026 at 7:32 PM
Julian of Norwich's cell in St Julian's Church, Norwich. Julian's cell was discovered as a result of WWII bombing and reconstructed. Now a beautiful, tranquil and peaceful space for reflection and prayer.
📸December 2024
📸December 2024
A cuddly hound and hare featured on one of the famous Norman sandstone corbels decorating the Church of St Mary and St David, Kilpeck, Herefordshire.
📸2023
📸2023
January 27, 2026 at 8:45 AM
A cuddly hound and hare featured on one of the famous Norman sandstone corbels decorating the Church of St Mary and St David, Kilpeck, Herefordshire.
📸2023
📸2023
Walk for peace by Buddhist monks touches millions of American hearts
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Walk for peace by Buddhist monks touches millions of American hearts
As Americans stand on the sidewalks in towns, cities and counties to watch, enthralled, ‘the walk for peace’ by a small train of Buddhist monks as they traverse through states, something strange is astir.
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January 26, 2026 at 2:52 PM
Walk for peace by Buddhist monks touches millions of American hearts
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www.sundaytimes.lk/260125/colum...
A fellow pilgrim hugging the statue of St James ... not at Santiago but at the Iglesia de Santiago in A Coruña at the start of the Camino Inglés in June 2024.
January 26, 2026 at 1:25 PM
A fellow pilgrim hugging the statue of St James ... not at Santiago but at the Iglesia de Santiago in A Coruña at the start of the Camino Inglés in June 2024.
Here are the Top 10 remarkable churches you must visit in North Wales
"This curated route leads readers from the English border to the far edge of Anglesey, weaving through cathedrals, island chapels and coastal sanctuaries."
www.leaderlive.co.uk/news/2578530...
"This curated route leads readers from the English border to the far edge of Anglesey, weaving through cathedrals, island chapels and coastal sanctuaries."
www.leaderlive.co.uk/news/2578530...
Here are the Top 10 remarkable churches you must visit in North Wales
North Wales is home to some of the UK’s most atmospheric sacred spaces — from island chapels and windswept hilltop churches to tiny seaside…
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January 25, 2026 at 7:38 AM
Here are the Top 10 remarkable churches you must visit in North Wales
"This curated route leads readers from the English border to the far edge of Anglesey, weaving through cathedrals, island chapels and coastal sanctuaries."
www.leaderlive.co.uk/news/2578530...
"This curated route leads readers from the English border to the far edge of Anglesey, weaving through cathedrals, island chapels and coastal sanctuaries."
www.leaderlive.co.uk/news/2578530...