Acts of Apostle Thomas

X REFERENCES TO THOMAS CHRISTIAN TRADITION : M. M. NINAN
‘St. Thomas the Apostle, according to the narrative of his martyrdom is stated to have suffered in India. His
holy remains (corpus), after a long interval of time, were removed to the city of Edessa in Syria and there
interred. In that part of India where they first rested, stand a monastery and a church of striking dimensions,
elaborately adorned and designed. This Theodore, who had been to the place, narrated to us.’
14. St. Isidore of Seville in Spain c. 630 AD
"This St. Thomas preached the Gospel of Christ to the Parthians, the Medes, the Persians, the Hyrcanians
and the Bactrians, and to the Indians of the Oriental region and penetrating the innermost regions and
sealing his preaching by his passion he died transfixed with a lance at Calamina...a city of India, and there
was buried with honour".
Calamina is the present Mylapore. There are many explanations for the name Calamina17. It seems to have
derived from two Tamil words kallin mel or kallin mele which means ‘on thestone’ or ‘on the hill’. kallin
mele, evolved as kalamene, kalamine and then Calamina.
15. St. Bede the Venerable c. 673-735 AD
"Peter receives Rome, Andrew Achaia; James Spain; St. Thomas India; John Asia....
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