No One Expected To Find It There
It first appeared in France in the town of Lirey in 1353 in a small church. However, the truth is that no one knows how it ended up there. In any event, the Catholic Church only acknowledged its existence in such an unlikely place when it appeared.
No One Expected To Find It There
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Tracing The History Of The Shroud
It was only in the 1980s that the Catholic Church granted permission to examine the shroud. Scientists used radiocarbon dating to determine that the cloth was made between 1260 and 1390. In the minds of many, this was a hoax. Of course, this was received poorly by a number of people.
Tracing The History Of The Shroud