Polscy syndonolodzy. Z dziejów badań Całunu Turyńskiego i ich popularyzacji

The establishment of the Polish Center of Syndonology in Krakow in2017, which is the delegation of the International Center of Syndonology inTurin, inspired the author to reflect on the Polish research on the Shroudof Turin. The article presents three generations of Polish syndonologists: major investigators of the shroud from the second half of the twentiethcentury and co-founders of the Syndonological Study in Krakow, createdat the Polish Theological Society in 1981, and (3) the shroud researchers inthe 21st century cooperating with the Polish Center of Syndonology. Theirmain research and educational achievements as well as participation ininternational fora were pointed out. The article is supplemented by Polishsyndonological bibliography.