236 Journal of the Asiatic Soc. of Bengal. {N.S., XIX, 1923.] 
Sum —The paper deals with isch pe Christianity in 
India. A ‘telabties to apparitions of St. Thomas on the day of his feast 
th 
Indian Archbishop. The stories, however vir hs vagant, seem to hai 
ne of th t 
the Saint’s feast, is mentioned Zaltate, in nnection with Myla ae ey by 
Bishop John de nate a {e. ee? Wiis. ‘vialte d Mylapore, and b 
Flemish sailor who was i Poe 2- 
s about the te arm of St. Thom t Mylapore occur in 
n de Mande bre’ pany i371), Sean Aerts of Mechlin oop 84), Barbos 
(amt fel depo: 2 taken = Mylapore in 1531, and in a letter of 
tae , (Cochin, 1579). All these “Sagentie being in- 
0 nae, John de Mandecine emerges from the examination somewhat 
rohabilite ted. 
Many authors treat Mar John’s journey as purely mythical; 
W. Germann is disposed to regard the legends of Mar John as Indian, but 
Mer Jobn himself as an adventurer Bishop from Mesopotamia; 
historical writer agrees with Yule and others in considering it as 
istori 
An r le ae is related by Peter de esnmnge about a dry v 
shoot whieh, placed in the meray hand yearly on the eve of his tenth 
as taken out the Sack day green and bearing a “carer of grapes. Peter 
i place 
it at Mylapore, where, according to de Marignolli, St. Thomas had 
eve a vinery, which he had sown San grapes brought from Paradise 
eyilon). 
_ Another legend mentions a certain “9 Clara. the daughter of the 
king of Calamina (Mylapore? Sir John de Mandeville’s Calam amye), in 
whose honour 300 convents of Dominican Won had been founded in only 
605 also in 
Brah _— (1561) of the Sessanian-Pahlavi inscription round t ss at 
Mylapo Bae century). The ‘ Malavar’ text of this —— 
goomavea bs y Fr. A. Monserrate (Cochin, 1579), is now for the first time 
made eastanle; and an English translation is given of Monserrate’s 
mn translation 
Mar John's jo journey to Rome was surpassed in A.D. 1287 by <7 
Sauma, a Nestorian pie. who came from Khanbaliq Th per gore 
ing € Recomm Zé 
Holy Communion from the Pope, and returned to tell his story to King 
Argon of the Mongols, whose ambassador he had been. 

