Brinolfo Algotsson the diocesan cathedral. He also made 2 September the feast for the relic's reception and later wrote the ""Historia de Spinea Corona"" to describe how the thorn was gifted to his diocese. The bishop became noted in life for having performed several miracles such as the fact that it was said he turned water into wine on several occasions much like Jesus Christ had done at the wedding in Cana. He died in 1317 and his remains were interred in the Skara Cathedral. Saint Bridget of Sweden visited his tomb on 2 February 1349 and there received a vision that
Thomas of Cana followers. Written accounts of Thomas of Cana date to the India's Portuguese period. Different versions give different dates for the events; some place them in 345; others as late as the 9th century. The meaning of the "Cana" epithet is unclear; it may refer to the town of Cana or the land of Canaan in the Bible, or it may be a corruption of a Syriac term for merchant ("Knāyil" in Malayam). However, scholar Richard M. Swiderski states that none of these etymologies are entirely sound. Knanaya priest and scholar Jacob Kollaparambil argues that the "Cana" form is a corruption