San Xulián do Camiño
| Municipality of Palas de Rei: San Xulián do Camiño | |||
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 San Xulián Church
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| Autonomous Community : |
 Galicia
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| Province : | Lugo | ||
| Coordinates | 42 ° 52 ′ N , 7 ° 54 ′ W | ||
| Residents : | 42 (2011) INE | ||
| Area code: | 27040060000 | ||
San Xulián do Camiño (also San Xiao do Camiño or San Julián del Camino) is a place on the edge of the Camino de Santiago . It is located at 480 m altitude in the Spanish province of Lugo in the autonomous community of Galicia , administratively it belongs to Palas de Rei .
The parish church of the village is a Romanesque church from the 12th century, dedicated to St. Julian is consecrated. This dedication attests to the long tradition of veneration of a saint whose historical profile is as unknown as it is dubious. According to the Legenda aurea of the Italian Jacobus de Voragine , Julian was a noble soldier who mistakenly killed his parents. As atonement, he is said to have lodged Jakobspilger with his wife Adela in a hospice until an angel revealed divine forgiveness to him. Another testimony to the popularity of the saint in this area is the name of the river Ruxián (= Río Xulián).
literature
- Míllan Bravo Lozano: Practical pilgrim guide. The Camino de Santiago. Editorial Everest, Léon 1994, ISBN 84-241-3835-X .
Web links
- Population statistics of the localities in Spain of the Instituto Nacional de Estadística (Spanish / English, locality code 27-040-06-00-00)
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