Ancient holy men did a lot of walking. From the early missionary St. Paul, who spread the word of Christianity through the Mediterranean landscapes of modern-day Syria, Greece, Turkey and Italy, to the fifth-century St. Patrick, who ascended a mountain in Western Ireland to fast and pray, the saints and prophets of the world’s major religions frequently traveled on foot to seek both fellowship and solitude.
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