Giulio Fanti

Giulio Fanti is an Italian mechanical engineer, Roman Catholic sindonologist and university professor of Mechanical and Thermal Measurement at the University of Padua who has conducted radiocarbon dating of the Shroud of Turin. Quotes Interviewer: The Shroud, the large linen sheet bearing marks consistent with the torture and crucifixion of Christ, now preserved in Turin Cathedral, is the subject of heated controversy regarding its dating. You coordinated a study that sets the date between 33 AD and 250 AD. What methods did you use? Are there any new elements? Professor Fanti: First of all, it should be remembered that the Shroud of Turin (ST) was dated using the carbon-14 method in 1988, resulting in an age of 1325 AD with an uncertainty of ±65 years at a 95% confidence level. However, recent studies, including those conducted by the team of Prof. Marco Riani, professor of statistics at the University of Parma, have shown how unreliable these data are. In fact, in 1988, a probable contamination of the linen was not considered, which distorted the results, in addition to other procedural errors. Through a research project funded by the University of Padua, in collaboration with other universities (Bologna, Modena, Udine), I was able to develop three different methods for dating linen, two based on opto-chemical techniques and one based on multi-parametric analysis of the mechanical characteristics of linen. After preliminary calibration using ancient linen samples, these three methods provided a date of 33 AD for the ST, with an uncertainty of ±65 years at a 95% confidence level. This date, consistent with the first century AD, the period in which Jesus lived in Palestine, was also confirmed by a numismatic analysis based on Byzantine gold coins depicting the face of Christ. Quoted in L’Uomo della Sindone: intervista al professor Giulio Fanti. This image can only be the result of the Resurrection. To obtain an image of this type, it is necessary to have an extremely intense source of energy, comparable to the “flash” of the Resurrection. A clue to this comes from the results of the 1988 radiocarbon test. While previous mechanical and chemical tests had dated the linen to the first century AD (when Jesus of Nazareth actually lived and died in Palestine), this test, on the other hand, places the dating in the Middle Ages. Statistical studies published in leading scientific journals have already declared this result unreliable. It is therefore interesting to understand why the radiocarbon test produced such a glaring error. The explanation can be found in the lack of nitrogen (a typical component of blood) found in blood samples from the Shroud. The nitrogen atoms were transformed into carbon-14, thus rejuvenating the radiocarbon date of the fabric. The cause of this was an explosion of energy, that “flash”, which can be linked to the Holy Fire of Jerusalem that imprinted the body on the cloth... The Resurrection of Christ, as well as being the decisive mystery of our faith, is also a real event that left physical marks and continues to challenge minds and hearts. Quooted in Intervista / Il prof. Giulio Fanti:”La Sacra Sindone un’opera di Dio”, 27 February 2023. Thirty-six hours after the deposition, there was a bright explosion in the tomb that imprinted the image of Jesus on the sheet. Perhaps similar to the source that feeds the Holy Fire of Jerusalem: a flame that does not burn. Quoted in Roberto Fabemn, Giulio Fanti: "Energia misteriosa. Così nacque la Sindone", laverita.info, 14 November 2024. The relevant topics are varied, but in particular, a professor of Mechanical and Thermal Measurements offers his expertise in the field of measurement science applied to physical systems, especially in the mechanical and thermal fields. Consequently, mechanical measurements on the Shroud are particularly suited to a university professor specialising in this subject, not to mention the thermal measurements that have been very important both for studying the effects of the Chambéry fire of 1532, which severely damaged Christianity's most important relic, and for studying the thermal effects linked to the probable explosion of energy that produced the double body image. [...] I would venture to say that the Shroud ‘calls’ to me. My interest began during a tourist trip to Turin when I was 12 years old, but my scientific research on the subject began when I included the topic of image analysis using vision systems in my course for mechanical engineering students. I asked myself: why not study the image on the Shroud on a computer using the latest image processing techniques, in an attempt to fill in some of the gaps in our knowledge of its formation? From an intterview by Francesco Agnoli, Resurrezione e Sindone. Dialogando con Giulio Fanti (Università di Padova), libertaepersona.org, 18 March 2021. See also Emanuela Marinelli Shroud of Turin Fanti, Giulio Category:Living people Category:Engineers from Italy Category:Catholics from Italy Category:Mechanical engineers