Turin Shroud on Italian TV. Image source, AP. Worshippers believe the Turin Shroud to be the burial cloth of Jesus Christ. Image source, EPA. The shroud is in a climate-controlled case in Turin's cathedral. Image source, AFP. After the church of Lirey put the shroud on display, the church began to draw a lot of pilgrims, and also a lot of money. However, many prominent members of the church remained skeptical of its authenticity. In , Margaret de Charny sold the shroud in exchange for two castles to the royal house of Savoy, which ruled over parts of modern-day France, Italy and Switzerland the house later ascended to the Italian throne.
As punishment for selling the shroud, she received excommunication. In , a fire broke out in the chapel. It melted part of the silver in the container protecting the shroud, and this silver fell onto part of the shroud, burning through it. The burn marks and the water stains from where the fire was extinguished are still visible today. It will be displayed on April 11, Holy Saturday, when Christians believe Jesus was dead in a tomb the day before his resurrection. Nosiglia will pray before the shroud, and the event will be live-streamed and televised.
It was last shown very briefly in for a group of young people. Several million people viewed it in , the last major showing. More than 1, people have died from the novel coronavirus in Piedmont, the region of which Turin is the capital.
The shroud bears a rectangular pattern from where it was folded over the centuries, as well as the discernable impressions of the face, hands, feet, and torso of a man, with what are presumably bloodstains consistent with the wounds of crucifixion.
The impression on the shroud also shows a wound in the side of the man's body, consistent with the wound said to have been inflicted on Jesus Christ. Those who believe in the authenticity of the shroud worship it as an image of Jesus, and believe that this is the very cloth that was used to wrap his crucified body. The earliest records of the shroud's existence date to the mids, though it may have been stolen from Constantinople modern Istanbul during the Crusades of the s.
It was already an object of veneration in France in the late s and in the early s, made its way into the hands of the Royal Savoy family. In , they moved it to Turin Torino Italy, where they safeguarded it for four centuries. Numerous studies have been performed on the Holy Shroud. In fact, it may be the world's most studied religious artifact.
The most reliable studies date the shroud to around the 11th or 12th centuries, more than 1, years after Jesus Christ lived and died. Skeptics contend that the Shroud of Turin is an artfully produced forgery, intentionally created to have the appearance of a burial cloth from the era of Christ. Those who believe in the authenticity of the shroud contend that damage over the centuries, including during a fire and various clumsy restoration attempts, have corrupted the shroud to the point that no scientific analysis can provide reliable dating of the cloth.
The Catholic Church itself has refused to issue a judgment on the authenticity of the shroud but encourages its worship as a means of remembering the teachings and sufferings of Jesus Christ. For the faithful, the shroud remains a holy relic with profound spiritual importance.
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