The Shroud of Turin, also known as the Holy Shroud, is a length of linen cloth that bears a faint image of the front and back of a naked man. Because details of the image are consistent with tradition
The Shroud of Turin: modern photo of the face, positive (left), and digitally processed image (right)
Full-length image of the Turin Shroud before the 2002 restoration
Pilgrimage badge of Lirey depicting the Shroud and dating between 1355 and 1410
Inner courtyard of the palace of the Dukes of Savoy in Chambéry. On the left is the façade of the Sainte-Chapelle where the Shroud was kept until 1578.
Acheiropoieta are Christian icons that are said to have come into existence miraculously, not created by a human. They are also called icons made without hands. Invariably, these are images of Jesus o
An 18th-century painting of God the Father painting the image of Our Lady of Guadalupe, an unusual Marian image
10th-century depiction of the legend of King Abgarus of Edessa
The image in its setting in the Pontifical Sanctuary of the Holy Stairs, Rome