![]() ![]() ![]() Blood was pumped around the mannequin, and released at the wound points supposedly shown on the shroud, which was then left to flow to show researchers what the resulting patterns would look like. The 53-square-foot rectangle of linen known as the Shroud of Turin is one of the most sacred religious icons on Earth, venerated by millions of Christians as the actual burial garment of Jesus Christ. The Veil of Veronica, or Sudarium ( Latin for sweat-cloth), also known as the Vernicle and often called simply the Veronica, is a Christian relic consisting of a piece of cloth said to bear an image of the Holy Face of Jesus produced by other than human means (an acheiropoieton, 'made without hand'). One team, using a mannequin and a volunteer, simulated wounds as shown on the shroud using real and synthetic blood. Other studies have focused on the patterns on the shroud itself. Subjecting other cloths to carbon monoxide as a test, however, has not shown any significant impact on radiocarbon dating. Shroud of Turin The Real Holy Face of Jesus. It has since been suggested, by those who likely want to believe in its authenticity, that the teams could have taken a sample from an area of the shroud which was repaired in the 12-1300s, or that the shroud was contaminated during a fire in Chambery, France, in 1532.Ĭlutching even more desperately at straws, others have suggested that the shroud became contaminated by carbon monoxide, throwing off the dating of the cloth by a thousand or so years. ![]() This dates it roughly to around the time it appeared in historical records, near to the time when the bishop of Troyes declared it to be a cunning fraud. Today’s feast (established throughout the universal Church in 1958 by Pope Pius XII, to be observed on the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday 1) is a beautiful and precious opportunity to make reparation for the outrages that the Holy Face of Jesus received during His Passion, and which He continues to receive daily in the Sacrament of the Holy Euch. ![]()
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