Secondo Pia

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The Turin Shroud, photograph of the face, positive left, negative right (contrast slightly increased)
The first photograph of the shroud (positive and negative), surprisingly in 1898, was the much clearer negative image

Secondo Pia (born September 9, 1855 in Asti , † September 7, 1941 in Turin ) was an Italian lawyer and photographer . He is particularly known for his recording of the Turin Shroud on May 28, 1898. This was recognized by the Catholic Church as part of the devotion of the Holy Face of Christ.

biography

Pia was interested in both the arts and sciences and began researching the new photo technology in the 1870s. In the 1890s he was mayor and a member of the Turin Photo Club. He was a well-known photographer in Turin and some of his photos are in the collection of the film museum there. He is also said to be considered a pioneer in the use of the incandescent lamp in the 1890s.

Secondo Pia gave the impetus for modern science of the shroud in unusual circumstances. In 1898 Turin celebrated the 400th anniversary of the Turin Cathedral and the 50 years of the Constitution of 1848 ( Statuto Albertino ) in favor of the House of Savoy . In this context, the shroud was exhibited in public and photographed by Pia. Only with elaborate lighting equipment in the dark Turin cathedral was Pia able to photograph the cloth. Pia then noticed that the portrait looked much more detailed in the negative than in the original. The whole story was published in the Corriere Nazionale newspaper and shortly afterwards in the Osservatore Romano newspaper. This sparked a lot of theses and debates in science and religion. In 1931 the photographer Giuseppe Enrie took a similar picture - with the same appearances in the negative.

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credentials

  1. ^ B. Ruffin, 1999, ISBN 0-87973-617-8
  2. ↑ Biographical data of Secondo Pia in: Alla ricerca dell'uomo della Sindone, Pierluigi Baima Bollone, Pier Paolo Benedetto, A. Mondadori 1978, 215 pages, p. 92
  3. ^ Biographical data from Secondo Pia in: Fotografia italiana dell'Ottocento, Electa 1979, 193 pages, p. 172
  4. ↑ Biography of Secondo Pia at Agenziacalendario  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / agenziacalendario.com  
  5. ^ Joan Carroll Cruz: Relics. OSV Press, 1984, ISBN 0-87973-701-8 , p. 49.
  6. ↑ Turin Film Museum
  7. ↑ Arthur Barnes: Holy Shroud of Turin. Kessinger Press, 2003, ISBN 0-7661-3425-3 , pp. 2-9
personal data
SURNAME Pia, secondo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian photographer
DATE OF BIRTH September 9, 1855
PLACE OF BIRTH Asti , Kingdom of Sardinia
DATE OF DEATH September 7, 1941
Place of death Turin , Italy