While Jesus was briefly dead Nicodemus and Joseph of Arimathea wound His corpse in a sheet.
Through the streets of Turin last week The Sacred Winding Sheet (also called The Holy Shroud) was borne triumphantly in a silver chest to The Chapel of the Winding Sheet in Turin cathedral. Escorting it walked Crown Prince Umberto, Crown Princess Marie Jose, Princess Mafalda, Yolanda and Bona, the Dukes of Apulia, Genoa, Spoleto, Pistoia Ancona, Bergamo and the Count of Turin.
The last time Italians saw it was 33 years ago, in honor of...
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