▁quite ▁commonly ▁in ▁Go a ▁is ▁a ▁cor ruption ▁of ▁' Bar th ol ome w '. ▁Ch . ▁ 8 , ▁finally , ▁is ▁dedicated ▁to ▁the ▁discovery ▁of ▁the ▁' Th omas ▁Cross ' ▁hidden ▁in ▁a ▁small ish ▁monument , ▁sur mount ed ▁by ▁a ▁Latin ▁Cross , ▁near ▁the ▁old ▁Go a ▁har bour . ▁A ▁storm ▁seems ▁to ▁have ▁split ▁open ▁the ▁structure , ▁reve aling ▁the ▁Thomas ▁Cross ▁within . ▁ ▁What ▁then ▁happened ▁to ▁this ▁early ▁Christian ity , ▁if ▁it ▁did ▁exist ? ▁Costa ▁propos es ▁that ▁the ▁Portuguese ▁destroyed ▁the ▁v estig es ▁and ▁for ci b ly ▁assim il ated ▁these ▁Christians ▁to ▁their ▁own ▁( Lat in ) ▁form ▁of ▁Christian ity . ▁Those ▁who ▁resist ed ▁were ▁among ▁those ▁who ▁fled ▁Go a . ▁ ▁Ev idence ▁The ▁met all ic ▁cru c if ix ▁found ▁in ▁a ▁wall ▁of ▁a ▁house ▁at ▁Old ▁Go a ▁by ▁Af onso ▁de ▁Al bu quer que , ▁a ▁few ▁days ▁after ▁the ▁con quest ▁of ▁T is w adi ▁in ▁November ▁ 1 5 1 0 . ▁A ▁road ▁was ▁later ▁named ▁after ▁this ▁cru c if ix ▁— ▁“ R ua ▁de ▁Cru c if ix o ”. ▁# The ▁document ▁of ▁a ▁gift ▁( do ac ao ) ▁on ▁a ▁met all ic ▁plate ▁given ▁to ▁a ▁“ pag oda ” ▁of ▁Go a ▁Vel ha ▁by ▁a ▁H indu ▁king ▁in ▁ 1 3 9 1 ▁which ▁speak s ▁of