Santo Toribio de Liébana
Santo Toribio de Liébana
The monastery is located in the Cantabrian Mountains in northern Spain, the monastery is one of the five places in Christianity that, together with Rome, Jerusalem, Santiago de Compostela and Caravaca de la Cruz, has the privilege of issuing perpetual indulgences.The monastery was founded prior to the 6th century. According to tradition, the monastery venerates that largest piece of the Lignum Crucis discovered in Jerusalem by Saint Helena of Constantinople. Brought from the Church of the Holy Sepulcher by Saint Turibius of Astorga, the left arm of the True Cross is kept on a gilded silver reliquary. The monastery was initially dedicated to St. Martin of Tours but its name was changed in the 12th century. In 1961, the Franciscan friars, Custodians of the Holy Places, were entrusted with the relic's safekeeping and with the promotion of the devotion to the Holy Cross.
The Camino Lebaniego , a branch that connects the Camino with the Monastery of Santo Toribio de Liébana and the Camino del Norte or Camino de la Costa in Cantabria has been considered a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2015 (https://www.caminolebaniego.com/camino-lebaniego/patrimonio-de-la-humanidad).
Path and landscape description
The monastery of Santo Toribio de Liébana is located in Camaleño (Cantabria).
The stages of the Camino Lebaniego are:
- 1 San Vicente de la Barquera - Cades
- 2 Cades - Cabañes
- 3 Cabañes - Santo Toribio
You can get a map here: https://caminolebaniego.com/documentos/mapa.pdf
Websites
https://www.santotoribiodeliebana.es/
https://caminolebaniego.com/camino-lebaniego#