PILGRIM’S ORDEAL
TO ROME WITH 37L8. . CROSS
A- German pilgrim, named Johann Mueller, hailing from Rosenheim, near the Passion Play centre, OberammerV gau, recently arrived at Pad-au, Italy, on loot, bearing a pinewood ■ gross weighing 571 b.
MueliCj. left Rosenheim on March 1, and intended to walk to Rome, arriving on Good Friday in tim, e for 1 the Raster celebrations. Such pilgrimages were not uncommon in the .Middie Ages, when the faithful made their way on foot to Rome from every pait of Europe.
Mueller,. \yJio is 55, states that i hewag present at Alto e tting_lhe traditional burial'place of the Kings of Bavaria—when he saw a miracle" perfornie.dy; a. paralytic being healed by. prayers recited before the famous giant statue- .known 0,3 the ‘-Black Madonna, 5 ’ which is preserved in that town. It was this experience which in-.' duced him to carry out his pilgrimage.
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Hokitika Guardian, 20 May 1933, Page 6
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147PILGRIM’S ORDEAL Hokitika Guardian, 20 May 1933, Page 6
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