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The pilgrimage route that helped spread the Black Death
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Holy salvation came with a side of fatal buboes. During the medieval era, devout Christians flocked to the Camino de Santiago seeking spiritual purity, but their cramped inns and flea-ridden cloaks turned the holy route into a superhighway for Yersinia pestis. They thought they were walking off their sins, but they were actually doing the Black Death's logistical footwork across Europe.
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