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...
| Subtitles: | The Impact of COVID-19 on Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Dublin Institute of Technology
[2020]
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The international journal of religious tourism and pilgrimage
Year: 2020, Volume: 8, Issue: 7, Pages: 130-154 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
San Pio da Pietrelcina (San Giovanni Rotondo)
/ Spanish flu
/ Pandemic
/ COVID-19 (Disease)
/ Pilgrimage
/ Healing
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| RelBib Classification: | CB Christian life; spirituality CD Christianity and Culture CH Christianity and Society KBJ Italy KDB Roman Catholic Church |
| Further subjects: | B
post-COVID tourism
B Pope Francis B Covid-19 B Pilgrimage B Catholic Church B Healing B San Giovanni Rotondo B cult of saints B pandemic saint B Padre Pio of Pietrelcina |
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