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Aymeric Picaud<\/h2>\n

Aymeric Picaud<\/b> 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<\/b><\/i><\/a>, or at least of its fifth book, the Pilgrim’s Guide<\/i><\/strong> of the Camino de Santiago Frances<\/strong><\/a>, written around 1140.<\/p>\n

Aymeric Picaud<\/strong> made the pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela<\/strong><\/a> 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…<\/p>\n