Ecclesiastical Chronicle, Volume 3

And after a little while, the brother of the King became ill and reached the point of death. When he recovered, he said to the King: "When I was lying in the peril of death, I saw a man who came to me when I... and he took hold of my hand and showed me a palace to marvel at, whose foundation was in the earth, and its height was beautiful toward the heavens. And I asked him whose this was, and he said to me, 'It belongs to your brother the King, which his Hebrew servant built for him.' I am praying for you, my lord, that you may let him out of the prison, so that he may build for me also, just as he built for you, the gold that I am giving." And the King let Thomas out, and he believed, and his brother, and many who believed him. And he baptized them and began to preach openly.

Finally, when he had ascended to the mountain of India, so that he might preach the gospel of God there as well, a certain pagan of that region pierced him in his right side and killed him. Having heard this, the King transported his holy body to Calamina.

A little while later, the king's brother became ill and reached the point of death, and when he had subsequently recovered, he said to the king: "While I was lying in the crisis of disease, I saw a man coming to me, who, having taken my hand, showed me a stupendous palace whose foundation was in the earth, while the summit reached to heaven; I asked whose this was, and he said to me: 'It belongs to your brother the king, and it is that which his Hebrew servant built for him.' Therefore I ask you to order him to be led out of prison, so that he may also provide me with gold, so that he may build a palace for me similar to yours." Wherefore the king led Thomas out, and he believed, and his brother, and many of the nobles; those he baptized, and he began to preach freely.

Finally, when he had ascended to the mountain of India, so that he might preach the gospel of God there as well, a certain pagan of that region pierced him in his right side and killed him. Having heard this, the king transported his holy body to Calamina.

1. In the Syriac manuscript of the British Museum 17, 193, fol. 80, written in the year 874, it is narrated in what place each of the apostles died, and it is asserted that Thomas was killed by the Brahmins in the city of Calamaia. "And he said... Calamaia of Judah the teacher of Thomas who gave other life in India. And they say in the village the king of India. And his teacher in Calamaia... his body... taken."
   The Apostle Thomas preached... in inner India and taught and baptized and conferred the laying on of hands

of the priesthood. He also baptized the daughter of the King of the Indians. However, the Brahmins killed him in Calamaia. His body was carried to Edessa and placed there. Where that city of Calamina or Calamaia might be located is not easy to define. By this name it seems the city of Muliapor or Meliapor is designated on the Coromandel coast, near the city of Madras to the south. For in that place the inhabitants of the region show the tomb of Saint Thomas. This opinion is confirmed by Amr, son of Matthew (in Assemani, Bibl. Or. III, part II, 34) who says about Thomas: "His tomb stands on the island of