![]() The first documented evidence of the similar characteristics between the Sudarium and the Shroud come from Italian priest and Shroud scholar, Mons. There exists compelling evidence they were used at the same time, at the same event, and to cover the same body. In this case, however, there is a concrete link between the two cloths. Without this evidence, the Sudarium would be just another relic with a grand claim that was impossible to either prove or disprove. There is no doubt that the Shroud of Turin and the Sudarium of Oviedo were in direct contact with each other at one time. He states that his book, The Oviedo Cloth, is the first to provide detailed information on the Sudarium in English. The lack of material on the Sudarium in the English language is alluded to by scholar Mark Guscin. The most detailed study of the cloth was conducted by a Valencia based group, EDICES ( Equipo de Investigacion del Centro Espanol de Sindonolgia) over three days in 1989. The Sudarium has resided in the Cathedral town of Oviedo, in Northern Spain since the 11 th Century. Section 1 – The Link between the Shroud and the Sudarium What makes the Sudarium so interesting, however, is the recent discovery that both the Sudarium of Oviedo and the Shroud of Turin are physically linked. There is no image upon the Sudarium, and so to the naked eye it is a small cloth with some stains of blood and water. The Shroud of Turin has always attracted more attention due to the image formed upon the shroud of a crucified man. It is believed that the face cloth which was placed on the face of Jesus as following his crucifixion, is the famous Sudarium of Oviedo.įar fewer books and articles exist covering this cloth and it has never had the level of mainstream media coverage as the Shroud. As a rule, the dead had their faces covered with one or had it tied around the head. These handkerchiefs were frequently used to tie up small bundles of certain possessions such as money. The Palestines in Greek-Roman times were generally provided with handkerchiefs in a fashion originating in Rome, where the name of these napkins became soudarion and the Latin sudarium. The Greek word soudarion and Latin sudarium, a ‘sweat-cloth’, is a cloth for wiping the sweat from the face. “ Then cometh Simon Peter following him, and went into the sepulchre, and seeth the linen clothes lie, And the napkin, that was about his head, not lying with the linen clothes, but wrapped together in a place by itself”. ![]() In the Gospel of John we read the following account of the discovery of the empty tomb following the crucifixion of Jesus as, The Sudarium independently supports the authenticity of the Shroud of Turin and has the potential to provide new evidence about what happened to Jesus as immediately after the crucifixion. ![]() Interestingly, there exists another cloth, closely related to the Shroud of Turin, that is far less famous but has an equally controversial claim the Sudarium of Oviedo. The Review of Religions magazine has covered the Shroud multiple times, most recently in 2010, to coincide with a visit of Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, Khalifatul Masih V aba, Fifth Successor to the Promised Messiah as and head of the worldwide Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, to the Shroud of Turin Exhibit in Turin, Italy. Literally hundreds of books, and thousands of papers and articles have been written on the Shroud of Turin. For Shroud sceptics the cloth is a medieval forgery, exposed by radio carbon dating in 1988, which concluded that it is dated between 12. The proponents of the Shroud believe it to be the actual burial cloth used to cover the body of Jesus Christ as over 2 thousand years ago, following his crucifixion. The cloth bares an image of a crucified man. The Shroud of Turin is the best known religious relic throughout the world. ![]()
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