coquille Saint-Jacques

Japanese: coquille Saint-Jacques(英語表記)coquilleSaintJacques
coquille Saint-Jacques

…Santiago de Compostela, Spain, where the remains were discovered in the early 9th century (Santiago means "Saint James" in Spanish), is still famous as a pilgrimage site today. In the Middle Ages, pilgrims from all over Western Europe gathered there wearing scallop shells on their hats and other items, and the place flourished as one of the three major Christian pilgrimage sites (even today, scallops are called coquille Saint-Jacques in French). James was revered as he was believed to protect Christians fighting against Islamic forces. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "coquille Saint-Jacques" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…9世紀初頭に遺骨が発見されたというスペインのサンチアゴ・デ・コンポステラ(サンチアゴは,スペイン語で〈聖ヤコブ〉の意)は,今日なお巡礼地として名高い。同地は中世には,帽子などにホタテガイの殻をつけた巡礼が西欧各地から集まり,キリスト教三大巡礼地の一つとして栄えた(なお,今日でもフランス語でホタテガイをcoquille Saint‐Jacques(聖ヤコブの貝)と呼ぶ)。ヤコブはイスラム勢力と戦うキリスト教徒を守護すると信じられ,崇敬された。…

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