Thomas of Cana
Syriac Christian
Thomas of Cana was a Syriac Christian merchant magnate who arrived to the Chera Dynasties capital city of Kodungallur between 345 A.D. and 811 A.D. Thoma brought with him Jewish-Christian families and clergymen from Persian Mesopotamia.
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How we know
Carried by the tradition of the church. Michel Le Quien, Oriens Christianus (1740) — t. II coll. 1273-1274 — 'Mar-Thomam, quem Cananaeum cognominant', who reached those parts and constituted the Malabar church
- The Path of Christianity: The First Thousand Years 1 claim — Migration of Thomas of Cana