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Fanti Giulio (b. 1956)

Jakub S. Prauzner-Bechcicki Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland https://doi.org/10.12797/9788381388368.IV.7 (born 1956 in Padua, Italy), Doctor of Engineering (University of Padua, 1982), university teacher. Since 1989, he has worked at the University of Padua, currently as professor (Italian: professore associato confermato) in the Department of Industrial Engineering. One of the founders Read more…

Filas Francis L. (1915–1985)

Jan S. Jaworski University of Warsaw, Poland https://doi.org/10.12797/9788381388368.IV.9 American Jesuit of Slovakian origin, professor of dogmatic theology, known internationally for his books on St Joseph and the first coin identifications of the Shroud of Turin. He was born in Cicero in the United States. At the age of 17, he Read more…

Pia Secondo (1855–1941)

Wojciech Kucewicz AGH University of Science and Technology, Kraków, Poland https://doi.org/10.12797/9788381388368.IV.16 Was an Italian lawyer and amateur photographer. He was born in Asti, Piedmont. Although he was a lawyer by training, he was also involved in art and science and, from the 1870s onwards, particularly in new techniques in photography. Read more…

Constantinople

Marcin Grala Pontifical University of John Paul II, Kraków, Poland https://doi.org/10.12797/9788381388368.IV.12 (Old Greek: Κωνσταντινούπολις)—the capital of the Byzantine Empire, now Istanbul in Turkey. Constantinople was founded by Emperor Constantine the Great (324–337) on the site of the Greek city of Byzantion, located on the Bosporus and which was a colony Read more…

Edessa

Joanna Małocha Pontifical University of John Paul II, Kraków, Poland https://doi.org/10.12797/9788381388368.IV.5 (Old Greek: ̕Ἔδεσσα, Syriac: Urhay)—a city in south-eastern Turkey; today (since 1984) it is known by its Turkish name Sanlıurfa (Glorious Urfa). Legend has it that Edessa is the first city to be founded after the biblical Flood, while Read more…

The Tunic of Argenteuil

Zbigniew Treppa University of Gdansk, Poland https://doi.org/10.12797/9788381388368.II.5.4 At present referred to as The Holy Tunic of Argenteuil (French: La Sainte Tunique d’Argenteuil) or as The Seamless Tunic of Our Lord Jesus Christ (French: La Tunique sans couture de Notre-Seigneur Jésus-Christ). The object measures 122 × 90 cm (originally about 148 Read more…

The Sudarium of Oviedo

Miłosz Grygierczyk https://doi.org/10.12797/9788381388368.II.5.3 (Spanish: El Sudario de Oviedo—literally, ‘the sweat cloth of Oviedo’)—also known as the Sudarium of Oviedo, the Veil of Oviedo—is a rectangular linen cloth kept in Oviedo, the capital of the Spanish region of Asturias. This cloth has approximate dimensions of 855 × 526 mm, a density Read more…

The Veil of Manoppello

Karolina Aszyk-Treppa University of Gdansk, Poland Zbigniew Treppa University of Gdansk, Poland https://doi.org/10.12797/9788381388368.II.5.1 Referred to nowadays as the Divine Face, Volto Santo, and earlier as the Veronica, Camulia Veil—is an object measuring 17.5 × 24 cm, woven from very thin threads, approximately 100 μm (0.1 mm) thick, with gaps between Read more…

Chemical Analyses of the Shroud

Jan S. Jaworski University of Warsaw, Poland https://doi.org/10.12797/9788381388368.II.3 The chemical studies were conducted to determine the chemical composition of the various ‘marks’ visible on the Shroud: body image, blood stains, water stains and burns. The research involved both the qualitative and quantitative determination of the content of various elements and Read more…

Determination of the Age of the Shroud

Wojciech Kucewicz AGH University of Science and Technology, Kraków, Poland Jakub S. Prauzner-Bechcicki Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland https://doi.org/10.12797/9788381388368.II.2.4 A separate problem that intrigues researchers is the age of the Shroud. Its documented history is known from 1356, when the crusader Geoffrey de Charny gave it to the canons in Read more…

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