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Scavone Daniel C. (b. 1934)

Jan S. Jaworski University of Warsaw, Poland https://doi.org/10.12797/9788381388368.IV.18 American historian of Italian descent (his father emigrated from Sicily at the age of 16). He studied history at Ignatius Loyola University in Chicago, where he obtained his doctorate. He worked as a history teacher successively at Loyola College in Montreal, Rosary Read more…

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…

Enrie Giuseppe (1886–1961)

Wojciech Kucewicz AGH University of Science and Technology, Kraków, Poland https://doi.org/10.12797/9788381388368.IV.6 Was an Italian professional photographer. He was born in Ceresole Alba, near Turin. From 1911 he worked as a professional portrait photographer in the Piedmont’s capital and worked as a representative of the second wave of Italian Futurism (late 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…

Manoppello

Zbigniew Treppa University of Gdansk, Poland https://doi.org/10.12797/9788381388368.IV.14 A small town in Italy, situated between the Gran Sasso and Maiella mountain ranges in the Abruzzo region, in the province of Pescara, where a relic identified with the object described by western iconographic tradition as Veronica has been kept since 1638 in Read more…

Photographs 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.2.1 It can be assumed that scientific research of the Shroud began when the first photograph of it was taken, which was done on 28 May 1898 by the lawyer and amateur Read more…

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