Quo Fuit places 5 dated presences for Thomas the Apostle across 5 places, from 1043 to 2014.
Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Thomas the Apostle also known as Didymus ( 'twin'), was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus according to the New Testament.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Every dot is a place Thomas the Apostle is documented in, on a dated record. The interactive globe carries the full detail.
Where Thomas the Apostle was documented, and when
1043year
Baghdadattested“In other attested sources, the tradition of making Thomas the apostle of China is found in the "Law of Christianity" (Fiqh al-naṣrāniyya), a compilation of juridical literature by Ibn al-Ṭayyib (Nestorian theologian and physician who die…”source: Wikipedia: Thomas the Apostle
1258year
Edessaattested“The reputed relics of Saint Thomas remained at Edessa until they were moved to Chios in 1258.”source: Wikipedia: Thomas the Apostle
1258year
Chiosattested“The reputed relics of Saint Thomas remained at Edessa until they were moved to Chios in 1258.”source: Wikipedia: Thomas the Apostle
17 June 2014exact date
Church of Saint Thomas, Mosulattested“The purported finger bones of Saint Thomas were discovered during restoration work at the Church of Saint Thomas in Mosul, Iraq in 1964, and were housed there until the Fall of Mosul, after which the relics were transferred to the Monast…”source: Wikipedia: Thomas the Apostle
17 June 2014exact date
Mar Mattai Monasteryattested“The purported finger bones of Saint Thomas were discovered during restoration work at the Church of Saint Thomas in Mosul, Iraq in 1964, and were housed there until the Fall of Mosul, after which the relics were transferred to the Monast…”source: Wikipedia: Thomas the Apostle
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3 July 72exact date
Mylaporementioned“Thomas Mount in Chennai on 3 July 72 AD, and his body was interred in Mylapore.”source: Wikipedia: Thomas the Apostle
3 July 72exact date
Chennaimentioned“Thomas Mount in Chennai on 3 July 72 AD, and his body was interred in Mylapore.”source: Wikipedia: Thomas the Apostle
1259year
Ortonamentioned“In 1259, a parchment written in Bari by the court under John Peacock contracts, the presence of five witnesses, preserved in Ortona at the Diocesan Library, confirming the veracity of that event, reported, as mentioned, by Giambattista D…”source: Wikipedia: Thomas the Apostle
1259year
Barimentioned“In 1259, a parchment written in Bari by the court under John Peacock contracts, the presence of five witnesses, preserved in Ortona at the Diocesan Library, confirming the veracity of that event, reported, as mentioned, by Giambattista D…”source: Wikipedia: Thomas the Apostle
1288 to 1292period
Southern Indiamentioned“Marco Polo, the Venetian traveller and author of Description of the World, popularly known as Il Milione, is reputed to have visited Southern India in 1288 and 1292.”source: Wikipedia: Thomas the Apostle
1566year
Ortonamentioned“They lifted the heavy gravestone, watched the underlying relics, wrapped them in snow-white cloths, laid them in a wooden box (stored at Ortona to the looting of 1566) and brought them aboard the galley.”source: Wikipedia: Thomas the Apostle
December 1943month
Battle of Ortonamentioned“The relics resisted both the Saracen looting of 1566, and the destruction of the Nazis in the battle of Ortona fought in late December 1943.”source: Wikipedia: Thomas the Apostle
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