TOMBSTONE 54

SIMEON DE MIRANDA son of FRANCISCO DE MIRANDA and CECILIA D'AZAMBUJA (8th August, 1524)-the oldest European gravestone in South India, if not the whole country. 

The following links in my blog 'Jewish Monuments of Kerala' discuss about the discovery and importance of this unique tombstone.

1. TRACING THE OLDEST EUROPEAN TOMBSTONE IN SOUTH INDIA -SIMEA (SIMEON) DE MIRANDA (8 AUGUST, 1524), ST FRANCIS CHURCH, FORT KOCHI. PERHAPS THE OLDEST EXTANT EUROPEAN GRAVE MARKER IN INDIA.

 
2.WHERE WAS THE TOMBSTONE OF SIMEON DE MIRANDA (d. 1524) DISCOVERED?