Knai Thomman

Knai Thomman

Knai Thomman or in English, Thomas of Cana or Thomas the Zealot, is a very prominent Knanaya merchant from Edessa (Or Urfa). With instructions from the Patriarch of Antioch, Mor Yusthedius, he sailed with the Judeo-Christian families in three large ships headed by a leading ship with the flag of King David. Sailing with the 72 Judeo-Christian families to Malabar Coast in Kerala, India in 345 AD.


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