ACADEMIA Letters Santiago (Saint James) and Galicia: Main Aims of the Codex Calixtinus José Antonio López Sabatel, UNED The Codex Calixtinus Liber Sancti Jacobi is the name given to the compilation of fve books of diferent nature (hagiographic, liturgical, homiletic, musical, and narrative) related to the Apostle Santiago the Greater and the pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela. The frst to give it this name, which has been enduringly popular, was Joseph Bédier, in 1929. [1] The volume that is preserved in the archive-library of the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela is called Codex Calixtinus. This edition is considered the oldest and most complete of all compilations and the original source from which the other preserved copies were made. [2] The introduction to the Codex contains a clear exhortation to use its content to glorify the Apostle’s devotion. Therefore, it was soon sought to distribute this compilation of Jacobean writings through total or partial copies of the original manuscript. The frst two partial copies of the Codex were produced in 1173 by Arnaldo de Monte, a monk from the Benedictine monastery of Ripoll (Catalonia), and about 1175 by the scriptorium of the Cistercian abbey of Alcobaça (Portugal), showing, in this way, the infuence of the cult of Santiago in that decade. [3] Purpose There is no question that the Codex Calixtinus was an instrument of Jacobean politics at the time. Nor is there any doubt regarding the infuence of the Cluny’s Order from part of the Academia Letters, July 2021 Corresponding Author: José Antonio López Sabatel, jlopezsa13@gmail.com Citation: López Sabatel, J.A. (2021). Santiago (Saint James) and Galicia: Main Aims of the Codex Calixtinus. Academia Letters, Article 1702. https://doi.org/10.20935/AL1702. 1 ©2021 by the author — Open Access — Distributed under CC BY 4.0