{"id":114684,"date":"2022-09-16T09:21:22","date_gmt":"2022-09-16T07:21:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/galiwonders.com\/blog\/what-do-ultreia-et-suseia-mean-2\/"},"modified":"2026-08-21T12:13:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T10:13:17","slug":"what-do-ultreia-et-suseia-mean-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/galiwonders.com\/en\/blog\/what-do-ultreia-et-suseia-mean-2\/","title":{"rendered":"What does Ultreia et Suseia mean?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"114684\" class=\"elementor elementor-114684 elementor-114683\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7412eadd elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7412eadd\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c2d69f3\" data-id=\"c2d69f3\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2bc395a9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2bc395a9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>&#8220;Ultreia et Suseia&#8221; is an original Latin message still present on the Camino de Santiago. Among other pilgrims walking along <a href=\"https:\/\/galiwonders.com\/camino-de-santiago\/\">one of the various Xacobean routes<\/a>, we can hear two greetings, the most common being &#8220;<strong>Buen Camino<\/strong>&#8220;, as a way of wishing the pilgrim community a good journey. Foreigners also lear this greeting very quickly. The other less known is <strong>Ultreia et Suseia<\/strong>. In this <a href=\"https:\/\/galiwonders.com\/en\/\">Galiwonders<\/a> post, we will explain the meaning of both terms.<\/em><\/p><div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_89 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6af9c9ac58543\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"ez-toc-cssicon\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6af9c9ac58543\"  aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/galiwonders.com\/en\/blog\/what-do-ultreia-et-suseia-mean-2\/#What-do-the-words-Ultreia-and-Suseia-mean\" >What do the words Ultreia and Suseia mean?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/galiwonders.com\/en\/blog\/what-do-ultreia-et-suseia-mean-2\/#Where-do-the-words-Ultreia-et-Suseia-come-from\" >Where do the words Ultreia et Suseia come from?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What-do-the-words-Ultreia-and-Suseia-mean\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">What do the words Ultreia and Suseia mean?<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">First of all, it is important to keep in mand that on the Camino there is a sense of unity and solidarity among pilgrims. It is important to know that we can communicate a universal message that overcomes language barriers. This allows pilgrims to strengthen the spirit of brotherhood that they breathe on their route and feel part of a community.\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">This message, less common today, <strong>Ultreia<\/strong> or ultreya, is of Latin origin and is a word composed of ultra &#8211; beyond &#8211; and eia &#8211; interaction used to indicate movement. This word represents a real message of encouragement that wants to encourage to move move foward, an incitement to continue to the end. Literally the translation would be, &#8220;Go further, hurry up, move further!&#8221;, but we can translate it as &#8220;Come on, <strong>go on to the end<\/strong>, you can do it!&#8221;.<\/span><\/p><blockquote><p style=\"text-align: center;\">Sometimes the Latin phrase &#8220;<strong>Ultreia et Suseia<\/strong>&#8221; can be found.<\/p><\/blockquote>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6d466c5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6d466c5\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-dd59bb4\" data-id=\"dd59bb4\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5b06682 elementor-widget elementor-widget-shortcode\" data-id=\"5b06682\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"shortcode.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shortcode\">\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"section\" data-elementor-id=\"131031\" class=\"elementor elementor-131031\" data-elementor-post-type=\"elementor_library\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3d2d723a elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3d2d723a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7ea154ff\" data-id=\"7ea154ff\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-2d451f13 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2d451f13\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-229db094\" data-id=\"229db094\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-78515af2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"78515af2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">THE CAMINO DE SANTIAGO PRACTICAL GUIDE<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5bc84fe5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5bc84fe5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">FREE DOWNLOAD<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2204a581 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2204a581\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Subscribe to our newsletter and receive our FREE Practical Guide to the Camino de Santiago. 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class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This was a kind of automatic conversation between pilgrims who crossed paths in the past. When one greeted with &#8220;Ultreia&#8221;, the other would answer &#8220;et Suseia&#8221;. This second Latin word means &#8220;<strong>higher, above<\/strong>&#8220;.\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">There are experts who considerer that this greeting would indicate that the pilgrims hopen to meet again later, further on, at the end of their journey, that is, <strong>at the door of the Cathedral of Santiago<\/strong>. However, if this was not possible, the wish was to meet higher up, that is, in heaven.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">There are hypotheses that say that among medieval pilgrims this word was used with the same meaning as &#8220;<strong>Hallelujah<\/strong>&#8221; upon arrival at the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela.<\/p><h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Where-do-the-words-Ultreia-et-Suseia-come-from\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Where do the words Ultreia et Suseia come from?<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">These terms are already mentioned in the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/galiwonders.com\/en\/blog\/what-is-the-codex-calixtinus\/\">Codex Calixtinus<\/a><\/strong> (the first guide to the Camino de Santiago! Dating from the 12th century) and can be found in the lyrics of a song, called Ultreia, honoring pilgrims on their way to Santiago.<\/p><div class=\"flex\">\u00a0<\/div><div class=\"flex\"><div><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-53631\" src=\"https:\/\/galiwonders.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/26.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"695\" height=\"463\" \/><\/div><\/div><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Similarly, we can find these terms in chapter XXVI of the Book Liturgies:<\/p><div class=\"flex\"><div class=\"quote\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-53635 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/galiwonders.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/27.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"391\" height=\"587\" \/><\/div><\/div><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Now that you know the meaning of thi greeting shared among pilgrims on the Camino de Santiago, you can finally wish those you meet along your route a Good Way and reach the end of their journey, where you vsn meet again: &#8220;Ultreia et Suseia&#8221;.\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">We remind you that <a href=\"https:\/\/galiwonders.com\/en\/\">the Xacobean Holy Year has been extended until the end of 2022<\/a> and that it will be a unique event for all pilgrims who want to undertake this journey to Santiago de Compostela. Do not wait too long and book your way along one of the routes to Santiago.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If you want to know our 20 reasons to do the Camino during the Holy Year, don&#8217;t miss <a href=\"https:\/\/galiwonders.com\/en\/blog\/what-is-the-xacobean-year-and-when-is-it-celebrated\/\">this post<\/a>! Don&#8217;t hesitate to contact us to learn more and receive your tailor-made itinerary of the Camino de Santiago. At <a href=\"https:\/\/galiwonders.com\/en\/\">Galiwonders<\/a> we will be happy to help you create and amazing experience.<\/p><div>\u00a0<\/div><div><p><\/p><\/div><div>\u00a0<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Ultreia et Suseia&#8221; is an original Latin message still present on the Camino de Santiago. Among other pilgrims walking along one of the various Xacobean routes, we can hear two greetings, the most common being &#8220;Buen Camino&#8220;, as a way of wishing the pilgrim community a good journey. Foreigners also lear this greeting very quickly. 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