Pilgrimage Sites Dedicated to St. Nicholas of Myra
Bari
Italy · Europe
Sailors from Bari carried the bones of St. Nicholas out of Myra in 1087; they lie in the crypt of his basilica in the old town.
Andechs
Germany · Europe
Bavaria's oldest pilgrimage site, where Benedictine monks have guarded relics of Christ since the 10th century on the Heiliger Berg—a holy mountain rising between two Alpine lakes, drawing over 30,000 organized pilgrims annually.
Maria Laach
Germany · Europe
Germany's finest Romanesque abbey, rising from the shores of a volcanic crater lake—a thousand-year-old Benedictine sanctuary that became the heart of the 20th-century Liturgical Movement.
Orta San Giulio
Italy · Europe
A UNESCO Sacro Monte dedicated to St. Francis, and an island basilica holding the relics of St. Julius, who sailed here on his cloak.