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The Orareo Collection
The Collection
Curated by Very Rev. Peter B. Mangum, JCL and Cheryl H. White, Ph.D.,
The Richard Orareo Collection is one of the three largest Shroud of Turin collections in the world, with rare works that reflect the Shroud’s 530-year stewardship by the House of Savoy (1453–1983) and the surge of art, devotion, and study that followed. Highlights include the 1516 Lier miniature commissioned by Emperor Maximilian I, Giovanni Testa’s 1578 engraving marking the Shroud’s arrival in Turin for veneration by St. Charles Borromeo, and Antonio Tempesta’s 1613 copperplate engraving that helped circulate the image across Europe. The collection preserves a hands-on record of how the Shroud shaped religious practice, artistic production, and dynastic life across centuries.
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