There is a church in South Inidia (at Chennai) has a tomb built in the church. But I heard the Portuguese had taken away the body from there. Which is true? Is the body in Santhme Church or in Portuguese?
2006-09-15 00:45:35 · 3 answers · asked by cindrella 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
There's more than one St. Thomas around...St. Thomas Becket, St. Thomas More, Thomas Didymus...so there may be more than one tomb about. Depends on which one you're looking for. There's a website called "Catholic Encyclopedia" (www.newadvent.org) that may be helpful in finding info on the particular St. Thomas you mean.
2006-09-15 01:09:23 · answer #1 · answered by anna 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Church in Chennai is the San Thome Basilica built over the site where St Thomas' body was once buried. In the sixth century, Armenian Christians discovered the grave of St. Thomas and built a church on the site in present day Mylapore.
The remains of St. Thomas were later shifted to Ortona in Italy where they remain to this day. At the San Thome Basilica in Chennai, India, is a small bone of his hand together with a portion of bloodstained earth and the head of the lance which struck him down.
2006-09-17 06:10:45 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
in chennai formerly madras
2006-09-15 00:56:10 · answer #3 · answered by grrrrr.... 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋