After the unveiling of the milestone, the commissioner participated in a meeting on the Camino de Santiago and the Xacobeo 2021, which included speeches by professor and chairman of the International Committee of Experts on the Way, Paolo Caucci von Saucken, and doctor and professor, Lucia Gay, among other specialists in the Jacobean pilgrimages.

In addition to bringing both areas closer to each other, this institutional trip allowed various matters to be discussed, such as the preparations of various actions to promote the Way of Saint James in Pistoia, a city that, during the next Compostela Holy Year, will have the papal privilege of opening a Puerta Santa. Pistoia is the only city in the world, other than Santiago de Compostela, that has had a genuine relic of St. James the Apostle.

In colaboration with: Hostal de los Reyes Católicos

Venue: Hostal de los Reyes Católicos. Santiago de Compostela

Schedule: 19:00

PROGRAM

The initiative to achieve its inclusion sprang from the Xunta de Galicia, which took over the proposal formulated by the International Committee of Experts in the Way of St James, and submitted it to a vote at the Jacobean Council held in Santiago de Compostela in December 2015, coinciding with the opening of the Jubilee of Mercy. This possibility was then evaluated by Spain’s other regions and by the institutions present in this organisation, presided by the Minister of Education, Culture and Sports, Mr Íñigo Méndez de Vigo. His department, in concert with the General Office for Culture, was responsible for processing the application through the Sub-Directorate General for State Archives, part of the Directorate General for Fine Arts and Cultural Property, Archives, Libraries and Museums.

The inclusion of the Liber Sancti Iacobi in the Memory of the World Register underscores UNESCO’s appreciation of its value and significance, and shows that its relevance transcends the bounds of time and culture, and that it must thus be preserved for current and future generations and be shared will all the peoples in the world. This thus protects and raises awareness of the Codex and deepens the universal value of Jacobean heritage.

Eyewitness to Medieval Europe

Along with the Codex Calixtinus, UNESCO also recognises the medieval copies stored in the libraries and archives of Spain and Portugal. In fact, the full name of the proposal was The Codex Calixtinus of Santiago de Compostela Cathedral and other medieval copies of the Liber Sancti Jacobi: The Iberian origins of the Jacobian tradition in Europe, as proof of the importance that all of these documents containing the written tradition of the cult of St James and the Way of St James had in medieval Europe.

The Memory of the World programme is one of UNESCO’s three complementary initiatives that seek to protect and raise awareness of the world’s cultural heritage. The other two are the Convention Concerning the Protection of World Cultural and Natural Heritage, of which the World Heritage List is a part, and the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage. Galicia thus expands its catalogue of properties in these programmes, which already included the historic city of Santiago de Compostela, the Camino Francés, the Walls of Lugo, the Tower of Hercules in A Coruña, the Camino Primitivo and the Camino del Norte, as well as the various sites along the aforementioned routes of St James, such as the cathedrals of Lugo and Mondoñedo and the Monastery of Santa María de Sobrado.

Organized by: International Committee of Experts on the Way of St. James and Turismo de Galicia
Director: Paolo Caucci von Saucken, chairman of the International Committee of Experts on the Way of St. James

Aim
The aim of the 10th International Congress on Jacobean Studies is to thoroughly explore the most significant aspects of the patronage of St James. From this perspective, it will analyse the characteristics of the Apostle as the patron saint and protector of nations, cities, hospitaller orders, military orders, confraternities and churches. There will be a special focus on investigating the spiritual, iconographic, symbolic, political and historical aspects of a relationship which has had a profound impact on the culture and mindset of many peoples in Spain and the Americas.

Audience
Students, teachers, scholars of Jacobean culture, members of Friends of the Way of St. James associations and other interested persons.

Registration
Free registration. Space is limited.
Registration period: 12 September 2017 to 3 November 2017
Registration form: https://goo.gl/NZ1Gc5

Grants
The Xunta de Galicia, in partnership with the Way of St. James and Pilgrimages Department of the University of Santiago, is offering two grants for researchers to cover lodging expenses for the duration of the conference.

Accommodation
Students, the unemployed and members of Friends of the Way of St. James associations will be entitled to free lodging at the San Lázaro pilgrim hostel, located in Santiago de Compostela, during the conference.
Those interested in requesting free accommodation will be required to provide proof of their status as a student, unemployed person or member of a Friends of the Way of St. James association when submitting their registration.

Information and contact details
S.A. de Xestión do Plan Xacobeo
Área de Cultura Xacobea
Tel.: 881 996 265
Cultura.xacobea@xacobeo.org

Image: Codex Calixtinus of the University of Salamanca (©Universidad de Salamanca)

PROGRAM

Thursday, 9 November
4.30 Official Opening
5.00 Opening lecture: Santiago patrón de Compostela [Fernando López Alsina, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Spain]
5.45 Santiago patrón de las Españas [Paolo Caucci von Saucken, Università degli Studi di Perugia, Italy]
6.30 Break
6.45 Santiago y la Monarquía francesa [Adeline Rucquoi, CNRS, France]
7.30 Santiago y la identidad del Portugal medieval [Paulo Almeida Fernandes, Universidades de Coimbra e Porto, Portugal]
8.30 Welcome Reception

Friday, 10 November
09.30 Santiago patrón de la Orden de Santiago [Hugo O’Donnell y Duque de Estrada, Real Academia de la Historia, Spain]
10.15 Representaciones escultóricas de Santiago en iglesias medievales portuguesas. Patronazgo y modelo de virtudes en la construcción de imágenes de caballeros [Carla Varela Fernandes, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal]
11.00 Coffee break
11.30 La colegiata de Santiago de Coimbra [Maria José Azevedo Santos, Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal]
12.15 El apóstol Santiago patrón de las Españas. Iconografía de la Ofrenda Real en la Catedral de Santiago [Miguel Taín Guzmán, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Spain]
13.00 Round table
13.45 Break
04.00 Il patronato di San Giacomo sul mare [Rosanna Bianco, Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro, Italy]
04.45 San Giacomo patrono di hospitales: San Giacomo al Colosseo. La decorazione pittorica di un ospedale del Trecento a Roma [Philine Helas, Bibliotheca Hertziana Roma, Germany]
5.30 Break
6.00 Fasti, nefasti e metamorfosi del culto e del patronato di San Giacomo in Sicilia: Capizzi, Messina, Caltagirone [Giuseppe Arlotta, Centro Italiano di Studi Compostellani, Italy]
6.45 Idea y concepto de Patronato [Francisco Puy Muñoz, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Spain]

Saturday, 11 November
10.00 Santiago patrón de Filipinas y de las Indias orientales [Anna Sulai Capponi, Università degli Studi di Perugia, Italy]
10.45 Santiago y el virrreinato de Nueva España [Antonio Casasola, Instituto Teológico Pío XII, San Sebastián, Spain]
11.30 Coffee break
12.00 Santiago patrón de Santiago de Cuba [Jorge Catasús Fernández, Archidiócesis de Santiago de Cuba, Cuba]
12.45 Santiago patrón de Santiago de Chile [Eduardo Andrades Rivas, Universidad del Desarrollo, Chile]
13.30 Break
4.00 Patronazgo, espiritualidad y religiosidad en las órdenes militares de la península ibérica
[Klaus Herbers, Universität Erlangen, Germany]
4.45 Espiritualidad y sentido del patronato de Santiago [Piotr Roszak, Uniwersytetu Mikołaja Kopernika, Poland]
5.30 Break
6.00 Formazione e caratteri del patronato di Santiago a Pistoia [Lucia Gai, Comitato san Jacopo, Pistoia, Italia)
6. 30 Santiago patrón de cofradías actuales [Segundo Pérez López, dean, SAMI Catedral de Santiago de Compostela, Spain]
7.15 Official Closing.

The four sections that make up the exhibition – Master Mateo, The Façade of the Portico of lana Gloria, The Stone Choir of the Cathedral and The Cathedral, Portico of Galicia – allow visitors to take a complete tour of the artist’s work on the cathedral, from 1168 to the consecration of the church in 1211. In addition, the show provides an opportunity to restore pieces that require conservation work, such as the statue/columns of David and Solomon from the Obradoiro façade, and carry out additional study and research on them.

Through sculptural works that have come down to us after a long journey through time, demonstrating that there are experiences which never lose their relevance, visitors will discover that 12th-century Galicia was a focal point of innovation and culture for the West. And they will find that Master Mateo – one of the most important artists, who left a truly lasting mark on the history of art – can thus be considered a contemporary.

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