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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More from the crypt at York and St William's shrine.
January 7, 2026 at 4:33 PM
More from the crypt at York and St William's shrine.
Pilgrimage in Britain: new 2025 data collected by @pilgrimtrust.bsky.social reveals the country’s most popular routes
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Pilgrimage in Britain: new 2025 data reveals the country’s most popular routes
Pilgrimage in Britain: British Pilgrimage Trust releases 2025 list of the country’s most popular pilgrimage routes New route data released today by the British Pilgrimage Trust shows growing intere.....
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January 7, 2026 at 11:36 AM
Pilgrimage in Britain: new 2025 data collected by @pilgrimtrust.bsky.social reveals the country’s most popular routes
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If you live within commuting distance of Oxford and would like to study medieval women with me, there are still a few places left on my part-time course starting on 20th January!
Link and details of how to sign up here:
lifelong-learning.ox.ac.uk/courses/medi...
Link and details of how to sign up here:
lifelong-learning.ox.ac.uk/courses/medi...
Medieval Women
The course explores the lives and experiences of women in England and France between the sixth and sixteenth centuries.
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January 7, 2026 at 9:37 AM
If you live within commuting distance of Oxford and would like to study medieval women with me, there are still a few places left on my part-time course starting on 20th January!
Link and details of how to sign up here:
lifelong-learning.ox.ac.uk/courses/medi...
Link and details of how to sign up here:
lifelong-learning.ox.ac.uk/courses/medi...
Third stop on our Pilgrimage road trip: York Minster and the shrine of St William of York. 😇
January 7, 2026 at 9:13 AM
Third stop on our Pilgrimage road trip: York Minster and the shrine of St William of York. 😇
Drive for prayer and pilgrimage to shrines of local saints www.thetablet.co.uk/news/drive-f...
Drive for prayer and pilgrimage to shrines of local saints - The Tablet
“Although there is great devotion to the saints and blesseds among many in the Archdiocese, others know much less about them,” said Fr Allen Morris, a member
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January 7, 2026 at 7:41 AM
Drive for prayer and pilgrimage to shrines of local saints www.thetablet.co.uk/news/drive-f...
Sufi Trail: 801 km journey retraces spiritual road from Istanbul to Rumi’s Konya
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Sufi Trail: 801 km journey retraces spiritual road from Istanbul to Rumi’s Konya - Türkiye Today
An 801-km Sufi Trail links Istanbul to Konya, guiding walkers and cyclists along an ancient Ottoman pilgrimage route across Türkiye
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January 6, 2026 at 6:04 PM
Sufi Trail: 801 km journey retraces spiritual road from Istanbul to Rumi’s Konya
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Because I can't get enough of Beverley's exquisite stone carvings, here are some more!
January 6, 2026 at 4:08 PM
Because I can't get enough of Beverley's exquisite stone carvings, here are some more!
Japan’s Sacred Pilgrimage Trail - The Kumano Kodo
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January 6, 2026 at 3:17 PM
Japan’s Sacred Pilgrimage Trail - The Kumano Kodo
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Posts from Beverley Minster wouldn't be complete without mentioning its wonderful medieval carvings of minstrels. Here are just 4 of the 71. (Can you identify the instruments?!)
January 6, 2026 at 12:17 PM
Posts from Beverley Minster wouldn't be complete without mentioning its wonderful medieval carvings of minstrels. Here are just 4 of the 71. (Can you identify the instruments?!)
More from Beverley Minster: 'Pilgrim' sculpture by Helen Whittaker (2004) and the Anglo-Saxon 'Firth Stool', possibly the bishop's throne and associated with the medieval right of Sanctuary.
January 6, 2026 at 10:27 AM
More from Beverley Minster: 'Pilgrim' sculpture by Helen Whittaker (2004) and the Anglo-Saxon 'Firth Stool', possibly the bishop's throne and associated with the medieval right of Sanctuary.
Nearly 2 million people to march in Poland for Three Kings Procession
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Nearly 2 million people to march in Poland for Three Kings Procession
The annual event draws participants who dress as biblical characters, wear paper crowns, and sing Christmas carols while following figures representing the Magi to nativity scenes in public squares.
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January 6, 2026 at 7:44 AM
Nearly 2 million people to march in Poland for Three Kings Procession
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Richard Scriven: We can add new meaning to old routes through pilgrimage
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Richard Scriven: We can add new meaning to old routes through pilgrimage
Thousands of Irish people are undertaking pilgrimages for religious or spiritual reasons, for charitable causes, or to mark milestones
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January 2, 2026 at 7:34 AM
Richard Scriven: We can add new meaning to old routes through pilgrimage
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Second stop on our pilgrimage road trip: St Helen's Holy Well, Market Weighton, near Beverley.
December 30, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Second stop on our pilgrimage road trip: St Helen's Holy Well, Market Weighton, near Beverley.
Heading north and taking a pilgrimage road trip between Christmas and New Year! First stop: Beverley Minster. Finally found St John of Beverley's grave hidden beneath a microphone stand. 🤔
December 30, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Heading north and taking a pilgrimage road trip between Christmas and New Year! First stop: Beverley Minster. Finally found St John of Beverley's grave hidden beneath a microphone stand. 🤔
Take a pilgrimage with me to the medieval hilltop town of Assisi!
In a special Christmas video I visit the places so movingly associated with St Francis and St Clare, from Francis’ tomb to the Poor Clares’ monastery and the site of Clare’s death.
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In a special Christmas video I visit the places so movingly associated with St Francis and St Clare, from Francis’ tomb to the Poor Clares’ monastery and the site of Clare’s death.
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Assisi Pilgrimage 2025
YouTube video by Dr Anne E Bailey
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December 27, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Take a pilgrimage with me to the medieval hilltop town of Assisi!
In a special Christmas video I visit the places so movingly associated with St Francis and St Clare, from Francis’ tomb to the Poor Clares’ monastery and the site of Clare’s death.
youtu.be/m06NPiPs5RE?...
In a special Christmas video I visit the places so movingly associated with St Francis and St Clare, from Francis’ tomb to the Poor Clares’ monastery and the site of Clare’s death.
youtu.be/m06NPiPs5RE?...
Searching for Christmas in Jerusalem’s Old City - Reporter's Notebook
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Searching for Christmas in Jerusalem’s Old City | The Jerusalem Post
I went to the Old City of Jerusalem on December 25, 2025, to find holiday cheer and Christmas events.
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December 26, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Searching for Christmas in Jerusalem’s Old City - Reporter's Notebook
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St. Stephen: Visiting the spot where the first martyr died
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St. Stephen: Visiting the spot where the first martyr died
A chapel of one form or another memorializing Stephen’s martyrdom has existed at the site since at least the fifth century.
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December 26, 2025 at 3:15 PM
St. Stephen: Visiting the spot where the first martyr died
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“We Are Not Tourists”: 82% of Mount Athos Visitors Identify as Pilgrims
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“We Are Not Tourists”: 82% of Mount Athos Visitors Identify as Pilgrims - GreekReporter.com
82% of visitors to Mount Athos identify as pilgrims, highlighting the site’s enduring spiritual character over tourism.
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December 26, 2025 at 3:11 PM
“We Are Not Tourists”: 82% of Mount Athos Visitors Identify as Pilgrims
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Pilgrimage in Egypt: Discovering Christian Cairo’s Sacred Sites and Holy Relics
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Pilgrimage in Egypt: Discovering Christian Cairo’s Sacred Sites and Holy Relics - GreekReporter.com
Christian Cairo is deeply significant for pilgrims and travelers due to its connection to the rich history of Christianity in Egypt
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December 26, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Pilgrimage in Egypt: Discovering Christian Cairo’s Sacred Sites and Holy Relics
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Happy last day of Advent!
What could be a better #AdventPilgrimage for Christmas Eve than a miniature replica of St Francis' Nativity at the Basilica of Mary of the Angels in Assisi? (Artist Mauro Marcato.)
Merry Christmas to all! 👼
What could be a better #AdventPilgrimage for Christmas Eve than a miniature replica of St Francis' Nativity at the Basilica of Mary of the Angels in Assisi? (Artist Mauro Marcato.)
Merry Christmas to all! 👼
December 24, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Happy last day of Advent!
What could be a better #AdventPilgrimage for Christmas Eve than a miniature replica of St Francis' Nativity at the Basilica of Mary of the Angels in Assisi? (Artist Mauro Marcato.)
Merry Christmas to all! 👼
What could be a better #AdventPilgrimage for Christmas Eve than a miniature replica of St Francis' Nativity at the Basilica of Mary of the Angels in Assisi? (Artist Mauro Marcato.)
Merry Christmas to all! 👼
King’s pilgrimage-themed Christmas message filmed in Westminster Abbey www.msn.com/en-gb/news/u...
December 24, 2025 at 7:44 AM
King’s pilgrimage-themed Christmas message filmed in Westminster Abbey www.msn.com/en-gb/news/u...
The Basilica of St Francis in Assisi, Italy, is the choice for my 24th #AdventPilgrimage. The images show Francis' shrine in the crypt and the High Altar in the Lower Church.
December 23, 2025 at 5:56 PM
The Basilica of St Francis in Assisi, Italy, is the choice for my 24th #AdventPilgrimage. The images show Francis' shrine in the crypt and the High Altar in the Lower Church.
For my 23rd #AdventPilgrimage, we're returning to Assisi in Italy. Here, in the Basilica of St Clare, is the original Damiano Crucifix (see #AdventPilgrimage 20) and St Clare's shrine.
December 22, 2025 at 1:35 PM
For my 23rd #AdventPilgrimage, we're returning to Assisi in Italy. Here, in the Basilica of St Clare, is the original Damiano Crucifix (see #AdventPilgrimage 20) and St Clare's shrine.
Nice to see our local village church packed out for the Carol Service yesterday, on the last Sunday of Advent.🕯
December 22, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Nice to see our local village church packed out for the Carol Service yesterday, on the last Sunday of Advent.🕯
To mark the Winter Solstice, my 22nd #AdventPilgrimage takes us back to the Summer Solstice at Stonehenge!
December 21, 2025 at 2:02 PM
To mark the Winter Solstice, my 22nd #AdventPilgrimage takes us back to the Summer Solstice at Stonehenge!