thousand years? This is what they categorized as the circumstantial history. This information that the researcher got from the internet tells the public that “in 1203, a French soldier with the Crusaders camped in Constantinople (who were responsible for the sack of the city the following year) noted that a church there exhibited every Friday the cloth in which Christ was buried, and “his figure could be plainly seen there” It is likely that this cloth and the Turin Shroud are the same, especially in view of the pollen evidence and the fact that these are the only known “Shrouds of Christ” with a body imprint.” (www.shroud2000.com). One of the essential highlights of the Holy Shroud of Turin was the Fire of 1532 which was also believed to have altered the age when it was subjected to Carbon dating. “During the Shroud’s long history, there was no lack of opportunity for restoration. In 1532, for instance, a fire broke out in the ducal palace chapel at Chambery, capital of Savoy, where the Shroud then reposed. Snatched from a silver casket that had begun to melt, the cloth was signed in places burned and stained by water used to fight the fire. Nuns of the order of Saint Clare patched the relic with fine linen and reinforced with strong canvas sewn to its back.” (Walsh 1963,p:79) “On December 4, 1532 fire broke out in the Sainte Chapelle, Chambery, seriously damaging all its furnishings and fittings. Because the Shroud was protected by four locks, canon Philibert Lambert and two Franciscan summon the help of a blacksmith to open the grille. By the time they succeed Marguerite of Austria’s Shroud casket reliquary as made to her orders by Lievin van Lathan has become melted beyond repair by the heat. But the Shroud folded inside is preserved by being scorched and holed by a drop of molten silver that fell on one corner.” (Compton’s Interactive Encyclopedia CD, 95...
