statue (I) of Sigeric in Glastonbury (II) by Heather Burnley with pilgrim Andrew Welch

short history the so called Lombard Way became the Iter Francorum, or the Frankish Route in the Itinerarium sancti Willibaldi of 725 A.D.

the "Via Francigena" is first mentioned in the Actum Clusio, a parchment in the abbey of San Salvatore (III) al Monte Amiata-Tuscany) in 876 AD.

the itinerary has been written down by Sigeric, archbishop of Canterbury, in 990 on his return from Rome; it became increasingly more popular after the institution of Holy Years in 1300.

manuscript (IV) Britih Library W. STUBBS. Rerum Britannicarum Medii Aevii Scriptores. vol. 63. cap. VII. pp.391-99 

Iste sunt submansiones de Roma usque ad mare. I Urbs Roma. Il Johannis VIIII. III Bacane.IlIl Suteria. V Furcari. VI Sce Valentine. VII Sce Flaviane. VIII Sca Cristina. IX Aquapendente. X Sce Petir in Pail. XI Abricula. XII Sce Quiric. XIII Turreiner. XIV Arbia. XV Seocine. XVI Burgenove. XVII Aelse. XVIII Sce Martin in Fosse. XIX Sce Gemiane. XX Sce Maria Glan. XXI Sce Peter Currant. XXII Sce Dionisii. XXIII Arne Blanca. XXIII Aqua Nigra. XXV Forcri. XXVI Luca. XXVII Campmaior. XXV!II –Luna. XXIX Sce Stephane. XXX Aguilla. XXXI Puntremel. XXXII Sce Benedicte. XXXIII Sce Moderanne. XXXIV Phi¬lemangenur. XXXV Metane. XXXVI Sce Domnine. XXXVII Floricum. XXXVIII Placentia. XXXIX Sce Andrea. XL Sce Cristine. XLI Pamphica. XLII Tremel. XLIII Vercel. XLIV Sca Agath. XLV Everi. XLVI Publei. XLVII Agusta. XLVIII Sce Remei. XLIX Petrecastel. L Ursiores. LI Sce Maurici. LII Burbulei. LIII Vivaec. LIV Losanna. LV Urba. LVI Antifern. LVII Punterlin. LVIII Nos. LIX Bysiceon. LX Cuscei. LXI Sefui. LXII Grenant. LXIII Oisma. LXIV Blaecuile. LXV Bar. LXVI Breone. LXVII Domaniant. LXVIII Funtaine. LXIX Chateluns. LXX Rems. LXXI Corbunei. LXXII Mundlothuin. LXXIII Martinwaeth. LXXIV Duin. LXXV Atherats. LXXVI Bruwaei. LXXVII Teranburh. LXXVIII Gisne. LXXX Sumeran. (il manoscritto non riporta la mansione con il numero d’ordine LXXIX) 

- list of stages - mansiones with actual names

- more detailed history

- churches visited by Sigeric 990 in 3 days

other historical infos
-  Website VF of Giovanni Caselli

-  Sigeric by Peter Robins (GB)