In the chapter house of the Abbey Cloisters lies a shroud which has drawn pilgrims to Cadouin for over eight centuries. In fact the pilgrimages themselves now play an important role in the history of the shroud.

The winding sheet was discovered in a church at Antioch during the first crusade and the sacred cloth brought thousands of worshippers to Cadouin over the centuries and contributed, in no small way, to the Abbey’s fame and wealth.

However, in 1934 scientists established that the supposed Sindon of Christ was a piece of cloth dating from the eleventh century.