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The Pilgrim’s Credential is the document given to pilgrims in the Middle Ages as safe conduct. Today there is an official model of credential distributed and accepted by the Pilgrimage Office of the Diocese of Santiago. It can be obtained by applying personally in the Pilgrim Reception Office or in other institutions authorized by the Cathedral of Santiago for distribution, such as parishes, Associations of Friends of the Camino de Santiago, pilgrim hostels, brotherhoods, etc. In Spain and abroad, some associations related to the pilgrimage have been authorized to distribute their own credentials with a reference to the goal of the pilgrimage in the Cathedral of Santiago. However, official credentials can be purchased both in Spain and abroad, and to receive information about the places of distribution of credentials in your country, region or city, please see the links at the end of this section.
The official credential and others recognized by the Cathedral of Santiago are printed on cardboard and consist of sixteen pages that open in the form of an accordion. The first pages are illustrated in the photo accompanying the text. The first page works as a letter of introduction and should be filled in the distribution association with the data of the pilgrim. There is also at the top a space intended for the seal of the entity that gave the credential; at the bottom of the same page, the date and the seal of the Cathedral will be put after the pilgrimage.
