Aymeric Picaud
Aymeric Picaud was a Benedictine monk from Parthenay-le-Vieux, in the Poitou region, who lived in the 12th century. He has traditionally been credited with authorship of the Codex Calixtinus, or at least of its fifth book, the Pilgrim’s Guide of the Camino de Santiago Frances, written around 1140.
Aymeric Picaud made the pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela on horseback, visiting a great many shrines of Christendom, routes which he described in detail from various angles: towns and shrines visited, anecdotes, roads, itineraries…