According to different versions of the story, she either bequeathed it or sent it to the city of Trier, where Constantine had lived for some years before becoming emperor. Thus the saying in Scripture was fulfilled: they divided My raiment (ta imatia) among them, and upon My vesture (epi ton himatismon) did they cast lots” (John 19:23-24 quoting the Septuagint version of Psalm 21 :18-19).Īccording to legend, Helena, mother of Constantine the Great, discovered the seamless robe in the Holy Land in the year 327 or 328 along with several other relics, including the True Cross. Therefore, they said among themselves, let us not tear it, but cast lots for it, whose it will become. Now the coat was without seam, woven whole from the top down.

“Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took His garments (ta himatia) and divided them into four parts, to every soldier a part, and the coat (kai ton chitona). In the Gospel of John, the soldiers cast lots on who would receive the tunic because it was woven in one single piece. It is preserved at the Cathedral of Trier in Germany. The Holy Tunic of Christ is said to have been worn by Jesus during or shortly before his Crucifixion.

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