First undisputed appearance was in c.1355: The Shroud of Turin: The Burial Sheet of Jesus! #13

The Shroud of Turin: The Burial Sheet of Jesus!
FIRST UNDISPUTED APPEARANCE WAS IN C.1355
© Stephen E. Jones[1]

This is "First undisputed appearance was in c.1355," part #13 of my online book, "The Shroud of Turin: The Burial Sheet of Jesus!" For more information see the Cover #1, Contents #2 and Preface #3, of this series. See " What is the Shroud of Turin? #8 why " Dimensions is #12 and this post is #13.

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1. What is the Shroud of Turin? #8
3. First undisputed appearance was in c.1355 #13

The Shroud first appeared in undisputed history in about 1355 at an

[Right (enlarge)[2]: Rebuilt Church of St. Mary, Lirey, France[3]. It was on these grounds in c.1355 that the Shroud was first exhibited in undisputed history.]

exposition in the tiny village of Lirey, France[4]. This first known public exposition of the Shroud was held by the French knight Geoffroy I de Charny (c.1300–56) and his wife Jeanne de Vergy (c.1332–1428)[5].

Evidence for the c.1355 date of this exposition includes a 1389 memorandum by the bishop of nearby Troyes, Bishop Pierre d'Arcis (r. 1377-95), that this first exposition of the Shroud had taken place "thirty-four years or thereabouts" before the time he was writing, which would put it about 1355[6]. And a pilgrim's lead badge found in 1855

[Left (enlarge)[7]: Lead pilgrim's badge in the Cluny Museum, Paris, depicting the Shroud being exhibited with the de Charny (left) and de Vergy (right) coats of arms[8].]

in the mud under a bridge over the Seine River, Paris and dated 1357, depicts the Shroud at what can only be the first Shroud exposition in Lirey c.1355[9].

However, "undisputed history" is not necessarily actual history. Shroud historian Ian Wilson coined the term "undisputed history" to mean the "general consensus of even the most doubting [Shroud] researchers"[10]. But as we shall see, there is objective (true whether it is believed or not) historical, artistic, scientific and archaeological evidence that the Shroud existed in thirteenth century Constantinople, sixth century Edessa and first century Jerusalem!

To be continued in part #14 of this series.

Notes
1. This post is copyright. I grant permission to quote from any part of this post (but not the whole post), provided it includes a reference citing my name, its subject heading, its date, and a hyperlink back to this page. [return]
2. "Lirey, France," Google Street View, August 2008. [return]
3. Jang, A.W., 2013, "Introducing... Lirey, France!," Shroud.com. [return]
4. Wilson, I., 2010, “The Shroud: The 2000-Year-Old Mystery Solved,” Bantam Press: London, p.222. [return]
5. Oxley, M., 2010, "The Challenge of the Shroud: History, Science and the Shroud of Turin," AuthorHouse: Milton Keynes UK, p.49. [return]
6. Wilson, I., 1979, "The Shroud of Turin: The Burial Cloth of Jesus?," [1978], Image Books: New York NY, Revised edition, pp.91, 267. [return]
7. Extract from Latendresse, M., 2012, "A Souvenir from Lirey," Sindonology.org. [return]
8. Ibid. [return]
9. Wilson, I., 1998, "The Blood and the Shroud: New Evidence that the World's Most Sacred Relic is Real," Simon & Schuster: New York NY, pp.126-127. [return]
10. Wilson, I., 1996, "Highlights of the Undisputed History," Shroud.com. [return]

Posted: 30 June 2020. Updated: 18 April 2021.