There  was  nearly  a  century  in  which  to
finish  and  adorn  this  sanctuary,  and  then
it  came  to  an  end.
Almanzor  reached  Santiago  twice,  in
988  and  in  907.  The  shrine  was  known
to  the  Moors  from  the  beginning  as  a  place
of  pilgrimage:  I  have  already  cited  the
•visit  of  Al-Ghazal.  The  account  of  Edrisi,
which  I  shall  quote  later,  deals  with  the
twelfth  century.  Spanish  historians  re-
late that  Almanzor  respected  the  shrine
and  set  a  guard  about  it,  while  he  burned
the  city.18  "In  1002  Almanzor  died  and
was  buried  in  hell,"  and  rebuilding  was
taken  in  hand.
Normans


Almanzor
testifies


AND     MONOGRAPHS


44


King

Veremund


WAY    OF    S.JAMES


S.  Pedro  Mozoncio,  986-1000,  was  then
Bishop  of  Iria,  for  the  translation  of  the  See
to  Compostella  was  effected  only  at  the
Council  of  Clermont,  by  Urban  II.  He
was  rich,  noble,  and  influential,  and  pro-
ceeded to  the  rebuilding  of  the  church,
bettering  it. 1 9  The  Silense  says  that  King
Veremund  with  God's  help  "coepit  res-
taurare  ipsum  locum  Jacobi  in  melius."2
A  successor,  Bishop  Cresconio,  1048-1066,
built  two  western  towers,  dedicated  to  SS.
