Head of St. John the Baptist

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From what I understand, the last I heard was the Knights Templar had posession of it in the early 1300’s and they brought it to Rome. My guess would be the one in Rome is authentic…but who knows?
 
He sure has a lot of heads lying around. :rotfl:

Among the various claimants are:
  • Muslim tradition maintains that the head of John the Baptist was interred in the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus. Pope John Paul II visited the tomb of John the Baptist at the Umayyad Mosque during his visit to Syria in April, 2001.
  • In medieval times it was rumored that the Knights Templar had possession of the head, and multiple records from their Inquisition in the early 1300s make reference to some form of head worship.
  • Some Christians believe that the head on display in San Silvestro in Capite in Rome is that of John the Baptist.
  • Amiens Cathedral claims the head as a relic brought from Constantinople by Wallon de Sarton as he was returning from the Fourth Crusade.
  • Some believe that it is buried in Turkish Antioch, or southern France.
  • It is believed that a piece of his skull is held at the Romanian skete Prodromos on Mount Athos.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beheading_of_St._John_the_Baptist
 
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