The Pilgrims' Credential is a document that attests that the person in possession of it is making a pilgrimage to any place of worship. It is a kind of "identity card" that the pilgrim will have to fill in during his or her journey, as a proof and as a reminder of the Path completed.

    guarantees the authenticity of the pilgrimage.
    identifies the pilgrim.
    allows access to the facilities that host pilgrims.
    allows to receive the certification of the pilgrimage from the competent religious authority.

 

The Credential consists of an informative part that the pilgrim must fill in at the beginning of the journey with his/her personal data:

- name and surname, full address, place and date of the beginning of the journey, destination of the pilgrimage, means of locomotion (on foot, by bicycle or on horseback). The date of arrival and the stamp of the holy place reached will be affixed at the end of the pilgrimage by the competent church office. The document is considered valid only if signed.

- a space where the stamps attesting the passage through the various places will be affixed with the date on which it takes place (the stamp of the place at the end of the stage is sufficient). To be valid, the stamps must be affixed by official state bodies (municipal offices, police, etc.), religious bodies, competent associations or those responsible for pilgrim hostels.

The credential can be requested, in Lucca, at:

• Fancigena Entry Point via dei Bacchettoni, 8 baluardo san Salvatore.
  tel. 334 104 6719 -  info@viafrancigenaentrypoint.eu 
  Open from april to november thursday to sunday, h 10:30 to 18:00.
  From december to march open in the weekend h 10:00 to 18:00.
• Museo della Cattedrale - piazza Antelminelli
  tel. +39 0583.490530 - info@museocattedralelucca.it
  open daily 10:00 / 18:00

In the Lucca track you can request the credential or stamp in the following places:

Altopascio - Biblioteca comunale (piazza Ospitalieri). tel. 0583 - 216525 (stamp only)
Lucca: IATLucca piazza Curtatone. tel. 0583 442213 (stamp only)
Pietrasanta - ufficio Urp del Comune (piazza Matteotti). tel. 0584 795234 N. B. (stamp only)
Camaiore - ufficio URP del Comune (piazza S. Bernardino). tel. 0584 986202 (stamp only) - 'Ostello del Pellegrino via Madonna della Pietà 1, loc. Badia - tel 345 1168661 - ostellodicamaiore.it
Capannori - Ostello La Salana (via del Popolo 182) Cel. 339 7237912, info@ostellolasalana.it - Museo Athena via Piaggia, 74 tel. 39 0583 428784 - /museo-athena