<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/7d5919c9-2317-4e9d-b4c8-72b92ce67d35/FBF8709A-06E9-4E93-947A-9504C8843C8C/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=V%C3%A9zelay&oldid=212454568" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=V%C3%A9zelay&oldid=212454568" style="font-size: 11px;">en.wikipedia.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=V%C3%A9zelay&oldid=212454568">According to legend, not long before the end of the first <A title="Millennium" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millennium">millennium</A> a monk named Baudillon brought <A title="Relic" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relic">relics</A> (bones) of <A title="Mary Magdalene" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Magdalene">Mary Magdalene</A> to <B>Vézelay</B> from <A title="Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume">Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume</A>. In 1058 the <A title="Pope" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope">Pope</A> confirmed the genuineness of the relics, leading to an influx of <A title="Pilgrim" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilgrim">pilgrims</A> that has continued to this day. Vézelay Abbey was also a major starting point for pilgrims to <A title="Santiago de Compostela" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santiago_de_Compostela">Santiago de Compostela</A>, one of the most important of all medieval pilgrimage centres. This was crucially important in attracting pilgrims and the wealth they brought to the town.</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/FBF8709A-06E9-4E93-947A-9504C8843C8C/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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