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| - | # One who [[travel]]s, especially on a journey to visit [[sites of religious significance]]. | + | A '''pilgrim''' (from the [[Latin]] ''peregrinus'') is a [[traveler]] (literally one who has come from afar) who is on [[Pilgrimage|a journey to a holy place]]. Typically, this is a physical journeying (often on foot) to some place of special significance to the adherent of a particular religious belief system. In the spiritual literature of Christianity, the concept of pilgrim and pilgrimage may refer to the experience of life in [[World (theology)|the world]] (considered as a period of exile) or to the inner path of the spiritual aspirant from a state of wretchedness to a state of [[beatitude]]. |
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| + | ==Notable pilgrims== | ||
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| + | Many national and international leaders have gone on pilgrimages for both personal and political reasons. | ||
| + | *[[Bridget of Sweden]] | ||
| + | *[[Columba]] | ||
| + | *[[Egeria (pilgrim)|Egeria]] | ||
| + | *[[Godric of Finchale]] | ||
| + | *[[Ignatius of Loyola]] | ||
| + | *[[James, son of Zebedee]] | ||
| + | *[[Judah HaLevi]] | ||
| + | *[[Junichiro Koizumi]] | ||
| + | *[[Mahatma Gandhi]] | ||
| + | *[[Malcolm X]] | ||
| + | *[[Margery Kempe]] | ||
| + | *[[Musa (mansa)|Mansa Musa]] | ||
| + | *[[Mustapha Kartali]] | ||
| + | *[[Peace Pilgrim]] | ||
| + | *[[Pope John Paul II]] | ||
| + | *[[Ruslan Gelayev]] | ||
| + | *[[Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama]] and [[Rangjung Rigpe Dorje]] | ||
| + | *[[Benedict XVI]] | ||
| + | *[[Thomas the Apostle]] | ||
| + | *[[Bill Porter (author)|Bill Porter]] | ||
| + | *[[Christopher Jones (Mayflower Captain)|Christopher Jones]] | ||
| + | ==See also== | ||
| + | *[[Palmer (Pilgrim)|Palmer]], a medieval European pilgrim to Jerusalem | ||
| + | *[[Pilgrim badge]] | ||
| + | *[[Pilgrimage]] | ||
| - | ====Derived terms==== | ||
| - | * [[pilgrimage]] | ||
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A pilgrim (from the Latin peregrinus) is a traveler (literally one who has come from afar) who is on a journey to a holy place. Typically, this is a physical journeying (often on foot) to some place of special significance to the adherent of a particular religious belief system. In the spiritual literature of Christianity, the concept of pilgrim and pilgrimage may refer to the experience of life in the world (considered as a period of exile) or to the inner path of the spiritual aspirant from a state of wretchedness to a state of beatitude.
Notable pilgrims
Many national and international leaders have gone on pilgrimages for both personal and political reasons.
- Bridget of Sweden
- Columba
- Egeria
- Godric of Finchale
- Ignatius of Loyola
- James, son of Zebedee
- Judah HaLevi
- Junichiro Koizumi
- Mahatma Gandhi
- Malcolm X
- Margery Kempe
- Mansa Musa
- Mustapha Kartali
- Peace Pilgrim
- Pope John Paul II
- Ruslan Gelayev
- Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama and Rangjung Rigpe Dorje
- Benedict XVI
- Thomas the Apostle
- Bill Porter
- Christopher Jones
See also
- Palmer, a medieval European pilgrim to Jerusalem
- Pilgrim badge
- Pilgrimage
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