Holy Door (Cathedral Of Santiago De Compostela)
The Holy Door ( es, Puerta Santa, gl, Porta Santa), also known as the Door of Forgiveness ( gl, Porta do Perdón, links=no), is located at the rear of the Catedral de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela Archcathedral Basilica, in Galicia, Spain, and is opened only during a Jacobean Holy Year. During the Holy Year it remains open so that pilgrims, and others, may enter from the Quintana Square, Plaza de la Quintana into the apse of the cathedral. Those who do so may earn a plenary indulgence. Background Initially the door was known as the ''Porta de San Paio'' and was dedicated to Pelagius of Cordova, St. Pelagius, for whom the Monastery of Saint Pelagius of Antealtares, monastery across the plaza is named. Aymeric Picaud described the cathedral in Codex Calixtinus#Book V: A Guide for the Traveller, Book V of the ''Codex Calixtinus'' as having three main porticoes and seven small ones: The east façade of the cathedral that overlooks the Quintana Square, Plaza de la ...
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