Pilgrims - Notable Pilgrims

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
This is an incomplete list, which may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by expanding it with reliably sourced entries.

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