Saint Thomas Crypt

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

A crypt (compare: Saint –>Thomas' Cave), which is said to contain the remains of St. Thomas the Apostle (Doubting Thomas), exposes man-made, plastered and white-washed walls and can be entered by a stairway just before the altar (note 1) of San Tome Cathedral, a Roman Catholic church built in 1504, then rebuilt in neo-Gothic style in 1893 (note 2). SITUATION 2005: Between Kapaleshwarar Temple and Marina Beach (LONELY PLANET, India 2003: 963). SITUATION 2003: Near Kalpeeshwarar Temple (LONELY PLANET, India 2003: 963). SITUATION 2001: Near Kapaleeshwarar Temple, at the southern end of Kamaraj [sic!] Salai, close to the seafront (LONELY PLANET, South India 2001: 541; LONELY PLANET, India 2005: 941). SITUATION 1997: … near Kapaleeshwar Temple [note 3], at the southern end of Kamarajar [sic!] Salai (South Beach Rd), close to the seafront (LONELY PLANET, India 1997: 1045). SITUATION 1882: Madras … The southern suburb of Saint Thomé, 2 m. S. [3.2 km south] of. the Fort with an old Roman Caholic Charch, is identified by Heber and by H. H. Wilson with the Mailapoor or Mihilapoor, where the Apostle Thomas is said to have been martyred on 21st December 58 A.D. (SMITH, G 1882: 370-371).holic Charch, is identified by Heber and by H. H. Wilson with the Mailapoor or Mihilapoor, where the Apostle Thomas is said to have been martyred on 21st December 58 A.D. (SMITH, G 1882: 370-371).