... tombs would become pilgrimage sites. It was encouraged by subsequent Roman emperors and Church Fathers as more locations were added. By the Middle Ages many thousands of people were traveling to visit shrines all over Europe and the near East, in search of spiritual or physical benefits. "There is ample evidence of griefs assuaged, ailments healed and lives transformed by what ... (Meadows and Ramsay 2003, 16) Obviously there were the realities of social, economic and political life played a part in the succession, but the message of undimmed sanctity is evident. In 869 the Danes sacked E...

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