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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 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 Shroud in the Liturgies

Józef Naumowicz Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University, Warsaw, Poland https://doi.org/10.12797/9788381388368.I.12 The motif of the shroud, the linen in which the body of Jesus was wrapped before being laid in the tomb, appears in the Eucharist, which is called the Divine Liturgy, the Mass, etc., depending on the Christian denomination. This cloth Read more…

Semiotics and Semiology of the Shroud

Zbigniew Treppa University of Gdansk, Poland https://doi.org/10.12797/9788381388368.I.11 The Shroud of Turin, perhaps identical to the burial cloth described by the Evangelists (→The Shroud of Jesus in the New Testament), has a very rich message in the form of signs. This is why semiotic and semiological analyses of it are carried Read more…

Exegetical and Medical Aspects of Jesus’ Death and Their Coherence with the Shroud

Roman Bogacz Pontifical University of John Paul II, Kraków, Poland Władysław Sinkiewicz Collegium Medicum Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland https://doi.org/10.12797/9788381388368.I.2 The account in the canonical gospels of Jesus’ trial, passion and death on the cross (Mattt 26:47–68; 27:1–2, 11–49; Mark 14:43–65, 15:1–37; Luke 22:39–53.63-65; 23:13–34.44–46; John 18:12–19, 37) presents 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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