Barbara Frale

Barbara Frale
Born (1970-02-24) 24 February 1970 (age 54)
Viterbo, Italy
NationalityItalian
Occupationpaleographer

Barbara Frale (born 24 February 1970) is an Italian paleographer at the Vatican Secret Archives. Frale has written books about the Templars and she has a special interest in the history of the Shroud of Turin. In September 2001, she found an authentic copy of the Chinon Parchment.[1]

  1. ^ Frale, Barbara (2004), "The Chinon chart: Papal absolution to the last Templar, Master Jacques de Molay", Journal of Medieval History, 30 (2): 109–134, doi:10.1016/j.jmedhist.2004.03.004, S2CID 153985534