Santiago
Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela
At the end of the Camino the cathedral receives those who have walked and those who have only sent their names. The botafumeiro, when it flies, fills the nave with smoke and silver. Galicia's rain darkens the stone; the square holds the tired and the newly arrived.
A pilgrim of Palomeya attends the Mass and leaves your intention at the tomb of the apostle. Palomeya is not the cathedral chapter. It is a traveller who arrives, prays, and stands a while in the Obradoiro before going home.
Holy Mass
Candle and short petition
A votive candle and a written name left at the shrine.
$39
ContinueIntention for the living
A named prayer for health, family, work, or thanksgiving.
$59
ContinueIntention for the departed
A named remembrance offered at the shrine.
$59
ContinueThe rite of this shrine
The Mass, Divine Liturgy, or moleben named on the shrine page.
$89
ContinueA cycle of days
Forty days, or a nine-day novena — as this shrine keeps the custom.
$169
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