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 guard relics of Christ on the Heiliger Berg, a holy mountain between two Alpine lakes.
Maria Laach
Germany · Europe
Germany's finest Romanesque abbey on a volcanic crater lake—the thousand-year-old Benedictine house where the Liturgical Movement took shape.
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.