Padre Pio, Pandemic Saint: The Effects of the Spanish Flu and COVID-19 on Pilgrimage and Devotion to the World’s Most Popular Saint
In the Catholic world, pilgrimages and other devotional rituals are often undertaken to foster healing and well-being. Thus, shrines dedicated to saints are particularly relevant in times of pandemic. Pilgrimage to the shrines associated with 20th century Italian stigmatic, St. Padre Pio of Pietrelc...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Technological University Dublin
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Series: | International Journal of Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage |
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Online Access: | https://arrow.tudublin.ie/ijrtp/vol8/iss7/14 |