Carbon dating and coal

The TS was C-14 dated using accelerator mass spectrometry. However, using AMS, it has detected C-14 in coal deposits. This means according to AMS, coal deposits cannot be older than 40,000 years. “Accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS), a sensitive radiometric dating technique, is in some cases finding trace amounts of radioactive carbon-14 in coal deposits, amounts …

Charny family sold the shroud to the Savoy family

In 1453, the Charny family sold the shroud to the Savoy family. “In 1453 Margaret de Charny deeded the Shroud to the House of Savoy.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_o … d_of_Turin It was exchanged for the castle of Varambon and revenues from the Miribel estate. When Humbert died in 1438 the Shroud became the possession of his widow, …

More evidence the d’Arcis memo is suspect

More evidence the d’Arcis memo is suspect… The Bibliotheque Nationale of Paris possesses two copies of the Memorandum. Neither is dated. One is complete, the other incomplete. No trace of the Memorandum is found in the Promptuarium Tricassinae Diocesis of the canon Nicolas Camusat, assiduous collector of the ancient archives of the Diocese of Troyes, …

Lirey church

The church in Lirey that ultimately housed the shroud was founded in 1353 by Charny. On 20 June 1353, Geoffroy de Charny, Lord of Savoisy and Lirey, founded at Lirey a collegiate church with six canonries, in honour of the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary, and in this church he exposed for veneration a Holy …

Bishop Pierre d’Arcis

As Bishop of Troyes, Pierre d’Arcis held the highest ecclesiastic position in the city and the surrounding area, which would’ve also including Lirey. In the Catholic Church, a bishop is an ordained minister who holds the fullness of the sacrament of holy orders and is responsible for teaching doctrine,[1] governing Catholics in his jurisdiction,[2] sanctifying …