Patrick Pullicino, a former consultant neurologist at the University of East Kent, who became a monk, said he was able to establish the real cause of the death of Jesus Christ.. According to him, Christ died from extensive bleeding due to a dislocated shoulder caused by carrying the cross.. The findings of the scientist were published in the journal Catholic Medical Quarterly, GBnews briefly talks about them..

Despite the fact that the Bible describes how Roman soldiers pierced the side of Jesus, after which blood and water splashed from the wound, Pullicino believes that it was the shoulder injury that killed Christ.. In the course of his research, he analyzed the information of forensic experts about the Shroud of Turin, in which Jesus is believed to have been wrapped..

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The shroud has been kept in the royal chapel of the Cathedral of San Giovanni Battista in Turin since 1578.. In the 1980s, the fibers of the Shroud of Turin were radiocarbon dated, which showed that it was most likely a medieval relic..

Pullicino stated that the body print on the Shroud depicts a man with a dislocated shoulder, which appears to be so extended from the glenoid cavity that the right arm was 10 centimeters lower than the left..

According to the doctor, such a dislocation should have led to a rupture of the subclavian artery, which caused massive bleeding, collapse of the circulatory system and, ultimately, death..

“Because of this stretching of the right arm, the right subclavian artery was also stretched, as it was one of the few remaining intact structures connecting the body and the right arm.. The transfer of body weight to the arms during inhalation likely caused further stretching of the right subclavian artery. Shifting weight to the legs on exhalation reversed this stretch.

As a result, the distended subclavian artery moved along the surface of the rib with each breath, and its underside was subject to friction, ”Pullicino said..

He believes that for three hours the subclavian artery was subjected to abrasion, damage and thinning of its wall, until it finally ruptured and caused extensive bleeding..

Earlier, archaeologists who are excavating in Cambridgeshire discovered the skeleton of a man who is believed to have been crucified on a cross.. The remains were found in one of the cemeteries that were found during the study..