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Pilgrim badge
A
pilgrim badge
is a badge typically made of base metal such as
pewter
or another lead
alloy
which was worn in the
medieval
period by
Roman Catholic
pilgrims. They travelled to sites of
Christian pilgrimage
, such as in England
Canterbury Cathedral
, the site of the
martyrdom
of St.
Thomas Becket
. Their use flourished in the
Middle Ages
in Europe, particularly in the 14th and 15th centuries, but declined after the
Protestant Reformation
of the mid-16th century. Other sorts of badges were also worn by pilgrims, most famously the
scallop shell associated with pilgrimages
along the
Way of St James
to the shrine of
Saint James
at
Santiago de Compostela
in modern Spain.
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