Pilgrims commemorate the Great Germanic Pilgrimage of 1064–1065 which took place 30 years before the First Crusade
Thousands of people set off on foot today for Germany’s biggest pilgrimage.
The pilgrims started their journey on foot from Regensburg, in the heart of Bavaria, and will reach the city of Altötting after three days.
The town of Altoetting has been a place of pilgrimage since 865 AD, when Karlmann, great-grandson of Charlemagne and king of Bavaria and Italy, moved the royal court there and donated a large church treasury that included a relic of the arm of the Apostle Philip.
Since then, it became one of the places of pilgrimage where the relics of the apostles and the Virgin Mary were venerated.
Equipped with knapsacks and carrying crosses, the pilgrims commemorate the Great German Pilgrimage of 1064–1065 which took place 30 years before the First Crusade.
In addition to Germans, pilgrims from other countries, such as Denmark and Sweden, also participate in the procession.
The Black Virgin of Altötting
In the Chapel of Mercy, in the city’s Cathedral, there is the statue of the “Black Madonna”.
According to the Temple’s website, the statue is carved from limestone and has been in the temple since the 14th century.
At the end of the 15th century it is reported that a miracle of the Virgin Mary took place there: a dead child came back to life after his mother’s request.
Source :Skai
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