[Aquinasfan]

But is it real or a clever forgery? Did Renaissance genius Leonardo da Vinci play a trick on the Roman Catholic Church?

Sounds like more da Vinci crap. I hope not.

[Swordmaker]

Sounds like more da Vinci crap. I hope not.

The Shroud was first displayed in Lirey, France, about 100 years before Da Vinci was born in 1452. In addition, the Pray Codex displays a drawing of the Shroud that is reliably dated to the 12th Century.