Palmer (pilgrim)
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In the Middle Ages, a palmer (Template:Langx or Script error: No such module "Lang".) was a Christian pilgrim, normally from Western Europe, who had visited the holy places in Palestine and who, as a token of his visits to the Holy Land, brought back a palm leaf or a palm leaf folded into a cross. Palmers were often highly regarded as well-natured holy men because of their devotion to Christ along the pilgrimage. The word is frequently used as synonymous with "pilgrim".Template:Sfn
One of the most prominent literary characters to have been a palmer was Wilfred of Ivanhoe, the title character of the book by Sir Walter Scott.Template:Sfn A palmer also plays a significant role representing Reason in Book II of Edmund Spenser's epic poem The Faerie Queene.Template:Sfn
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