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About this place

The city where the Shroud, a linen cloth bearing the image of a crucified man, has been kept since 1578, now in the Cathedral of St John the Baptist. Radiocarbon tests in 1988 dated it to AD 1260–1390; the result has been challenged, and the cloth remains an object of devotion and debate.

Where to start

The face on the Shroud of Turin, from Secondo Pia’s negative, Turin
Stones and ScrollsThe Shroud of Turin: radiocarbon and later dating claimsRadiocarbon date AD 1260–1390 (tested 1988) · Unknown

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  1. 1325Radiocarbon date AD 1260–1390 (tested 1988)

    The Shroud of Turin: radiocarbon and later dating claims

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    A linen cloth bearing the image of a crucified man, venerated as Jesus’s burial shroud. Three laboratories dated it to about AD 1260–1390 in 1988. Later challenges, including a 2022 X-ray study, have not displaced that result, though the debate continues.

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Every mention

4 writings
  1. 1325The Shroud of Turin: radiocarbon and later dating claimsStones and Scrolls4×
  2. 2026From medieval devotion to the presentThe Dossier1×
  3. 2026What the evidence can and cannot establishThe Dossier1×
  4. 2026Sources and further readingThe Dossier4×