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Borromeo Charles (1538–1584)

Bartłomiej Wołyniec Pontifical University of John Paul II, Kraków, Poland https://doi.org/10.12797/9788381388368.IV.2 Saint of the Catholic Church (beatified in 1602, canonised in 1610), cardinal (from 1560), administrator (from 1560) and then archbishop metropolitan of Milan (from 1564), one of the main reformers of the Church in the spirit of the Council 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…

Jewish Burial Customs and the Shroud

Krzysztof Pilarczyk Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland https://doi.org/10.12797/9788381388368.I.3 The traces on the Shroud of Turin represent a man subjected to torment and crucifixion before death. These traces must be contrasted with the Jewish burial rites that were in force at the end of the so-called Second Temple period (i.e. the Read more…

The Shroud of Jesus in the New Testament

Roman Bogacz Pontifical University of John Paul II, Kraków, Poland https://doi.org/10.12797/9788381388368.I.1 To describe the shroud as a burial cloth, the Evangelists used two terms: ἡ σινδών and τό ὀθόνιον. These are not precise. In Greek, the former means a thin linen or cotton cloth; also, a garment of such fabric, Read more…

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