Notable Pilgrims
Many national and international leaders have gone on pilgrimages for both personal and political reasons.
- Bridget of Sweden
- Columba
- Egeria
- Godric of Finchale
- Ignatius of Loyola
- James, son of Zebedee
- Judah HaLevi
- Junichiro Koizumi
- Mahatma Gandhi
- Malcolm X
- Margery Kempe
- Mansa Musa
- Mustapha Kartali
- Pope John Paul II
- Ruslan Gelayev
- Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama and Rangjung Rigpe Dorje
- Benedict XVI
- Thomas the Apostle
- Bill Porter
- Christopher Jones
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“In one notable instance, where the United States Army and a hundred years of persuasion failed, a highway has succeeded. The Seminole Indians surrendered to the Tamiami Trail. From the Everglades the remnants of this race emerged, soon after the trail was built, to set up their palm-thatched villages along the road and to hoist tribal flags as a lure to passing motorists.”
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