Cross of the Chapel of San Bartolomé
It stands at a short distance from the chapel and faces towards it. The cross is made up of two pieces: the foot and the arms with the front, with a rectangular section, although with lowered edges. It is a tall cross that reaches 3.50 m in height. On the feast of Saint Bartholomew, which is celebrated on 24 August, the procession that leaves the chapel turns around the cross, thus defining the limit of the so-called ‘Romería do Medo’ (Pilgrimage of Fear). According to popular belief, Saint Bartholomew was in charge of curing this feeling of unease through the intermediary of the priest, who would give those affected by this illness, almost always boys or girls, a tap or croque on the head with a small carving of the saint.
