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The tau against the fire of San Antón

Castrojeriz, Odra-Pisuerga, Burgos

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The tau against the fire of San Antón

Curiosity · Castrojeriz, Odra-Pisuerga, Burgos

Image of Castrojeriz, not of the place itself.

The Antonian monks tended pilgrims afflicted with ergotism, the so-called fire of San Antón, and handed out blessed objects marked with the tau-shaped cross, which was held to be a defence against plague and illness.

Photo: José Antonio Gil Martínez from Vigo, Spain (CC BY 2.0)

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