Unveiling Bishop Teodomiro of Iria Flavia? An attempt to identify the discoverer of St James's tomb through osteological and biomolecular analyses (Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain)

After St James the Apostle, Bishop Teodomiro of Iria-Flavia is the most important figure associated with the pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela. He supposedly discovered the apostolic tomb after a divine revelation between AD 820 and 830 yet, until the discovery, in 1955, of a tombstone inscribed with his name, his very existence was a matter of some debate. Here, the authors employ a multi-stranded analytical approach, combining osteoarchaeology, radiocarbon dating, stable isotope and ancient DNA analyses to demonstrate that human bones associated with the tombstone, in all likelihood, represent the earthly remains of Bishop Teodomiro.

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Antiquity
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2024-08-01
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https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2024.91
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Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies
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Unveiling Bishop Teodomiro of Iria Flavia? An attempt to identify the discoverer of St James's tomb through osteological and biomolecular analyses (Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain)

David Chivall, Anders Götherström, Patrick Roberts, Jana Ilgner et al.
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Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies
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Unveiling Bishop Teodomiro of Iria Flavia? An attempt to identify the discoverer of St James's tomb through osteological and biomolecular analyses (Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain)

David Chivall, Anders Götherström, Patrick Roberts, Jana Ilgner, Patxi Pérez-Ramallo, Thomas Higham, Alexandra Staniewska, Maja Krzewińska, Ricardo Varela
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Abstract

After St James the Apostle, Bishop Teodomiro of Iria-Flavia is the most important figure associated with the pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela. He supposedly discovered the apostolic tomb after a divine revelation between AD 820 and 830 yet, until the discovery, in 1955, of a tombstone inscribed with his name, his very existence was a matter of some debate. Here, the authors employ a multi-stranded analytical approach, combining osteoarchaeology, radiocarbon dating, stable isotope and ancient DNA analyses to demonstrate that human bones associated with the tombstone, in all likelihood, represent the earthly remains of Bishop Teodomiro.

AntiquityVol. 98(400)
University of Vienna (AT), Stockholm University (SE), Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NO), University of Oxford (GB), Studi (SE), Oxford Archaeology (GB), Centre for Palaeogenetics (SE), Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History (DE), Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań (PL)
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Unveiling Bishop Teodomiro of Iria Flavia? An attempt to identify the discoverer of St James's tomb through osteological and biomolecular analyses (Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain) — David Chivall, Anders Götherström, et al. · Antiquity (2024) | TGRS Research Map | TGRS