The artefact has been preserved in the royal chapel of the Cathedral of San Giovanni Battista in Turin, Italy since 1578.

(ANSA) - ROME, FEB 10 - The funeral of Vittorio Emanuele of Savoy, the son of Italy's last king Umberto II who died at the age of 86 in Geneva a week ago, was held at Turin cathedral on Saturday.

Thee sudarium is kept in a Cathedral in Oviedo: unlike the Turin Shroud, there is no clear face to be seen, but distinctive ...