Christians pilgrims to which Spanish city returned wearing a scallop shell in their hat bands?
Scallop means a creamed casserole dish such as scalloped potatoes, which contains no seafood at all. The scallop shell is the traditional emblem of St James the Great and is popular with pilgrims returning from the Way of St James (Camino de Santiago) and the apostle's shrine at Santiago de Compostela in Galicia, Spain. Medieval Christians would collect a scallop shell while at Compostela as evidence of having made the journey. The association of Saint James with the scallop can most likely be traced to the legend that the apostle once rescued a knight covered in scallops. An alternative version of
Pilgrim's hat It is highly associated with pilgrims on the Way of St. James. The upturned brim of the hat is adorned with a scallop shell to denote the traveller's pilgrim status. Pilgrim's hats are used in heraldry. Pilgrim's hat A pilgrim's hat, "cockel hat" or "traveller's hat" is a wide brim hat used to keep off the sun. The pilgrim's hat traditionally had a scallop shell emblem. This is thought to be a reference to the Christian legend that, after Saint James died in Jerusalem, he was miraculously carried by angels to the Atlantic coast of Spain, although the shell symbol