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St. Paul's Franciscan Church and Monastery, Damascus, Syria

Damascus, Syria

St. Paul's Franciscan Church and Monastery, Damascus (دمشق), Syria. 

Description

This church holds the tomb of Father Thomas, a French priest who died in 1840. The writing on his tomb states, in Arabic and Italian, that he was "murdered by the Jews."

Damascus, Syria

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Sources

See Father Thomas's Church at Syria for more information about the 1840 Damascus Affair, also known as the Damascus Blood Libel.