Pellegrine in Daunia

The Dauno territory, dotted with countless sanctuaries, international or simply local, has attracted crowds of pilgrims since ancient times. This contribution focuses on the origin and meaning of women's pilgrimage in general and in particular on pilgrims going to the micaelico sanctuary, the oldest in the territory, to the sanctuary of the Incoronata, or simply in transit to or from sanctuaries far from Daunia. Finally, it examines an unusual practice related to the pilgrimage that, it seems, had as protagonists, mostly women.

Il territorio dauno costellato di innumerevoli santuari, internazionali o semplicemente locali, ha attirato folle di pellegrini sin dalle epoche più remote. Il presente contributo si sofferma sull’origine e sul significato del pellegrinaggio femminile in genere e in particolare sulle pellegrine dirette al santuario micaelico, il più antico del territorio, e al santuario dell’Incoronata, o semplicemente in transito dirette o provenienti da santuari lontani dalla Daunia.