Every Pilgrim's Guide to Rome - Softcover

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With over 900 churches and shrines, Rome has been a major pilgrimage destination for over 1500 years and continues to draw millions of pilgrims today. This unique travel companion offers an in-depth guide to the Eternal City’s principal Christian sites including:

• St Peter’s and the major basilicas
• The principle churches and less-well known treasures
• Relics of the nativity and passion
• Images of the Madonna
• Memorials of the saints
• The catacombs
• The national colleges
• Churches of the religious orders
• Pilgrim excursions from Rome and more.

It is illustrated throughout with maps, and conveniently pocket sized for ease of use.

• A new title in a series that has sold 65,000 copies focusing on of the world’s principal pilgrimage destinations, enjoying new popularity since the election of the charismatic Pope Francis.
  
• Pilgrimages to the ‘Eternal City’ with its many sites connected with the apostles, saints and early martyrs began as early as the 4th century and today, the Vatican receives over 4 million visitors annually
  
• Focuses on the spiritual heritage of the city – the churches, catacombs, ancient Christian routes and sites.

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