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Saint Veronica - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Veil of Veronica - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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(First Century) Few Christian legends are better known and more valued than that of St. Veronica, who compassionately wiped the face of Jesus when He ... The earliest version of the Veronica story is found in a later Latin addition to the fourth or fifth-century apocryphal work The Acts of Pilate or Gospel of Nicodemus;
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Veronica is a name popularly given to one of the women who accompanied Christ to Calvary. 'Veronica' is an abbreviation of 'vera icon' (true image), and the woman now called Veronica is said to have offered a towel to Christ, on which he left the imprint of his face ... Home > Catholic Encyclopedia > V > St. Veronica...
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The term was thus a convenient appellation to denote the genuine relic of Veronica's veil and so differentiate from the other similar relics, such as those kept in Milan. The relic is still preserved in St. Peter's, and the memory of Veronica's act of charity is commemorated in the Stations of the Cross.
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St. Veronica; Feast Day 12th July ... The story of Veronica; As Our Lord struggled along the road out of Jerusalem to Calvary, bearing the heavy burden of the cross, his face was covered in sweat, his eyes filled with blood streaming down from the crown of thorns.
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; Crucifixion Triptych. St. Veronica by Rogier van der Weyden ... St. Veronica’s story is closely connected with the Road to Cavalry. Christ’s feet gave way under weight of the Cross. A woman came up to him and wiped his face with cloth. The imprint of Christ’s face remained on the cloth.
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Illustrated profile of the saint. ... When Christ fell on his way to the Golgotha, a woman wiped his face with a towel; an image of Christ remained on the towel. This woman was Veronica; this incident is all we really know about her, and the relic has become her symbol ever since.
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This version of the St. Veronica story, in which the cloth is imprinted during the time of Jesus' public ministry, is prevalent in the literary sources throughout the middle ages, appearing both in Voragine's ... Actually, the notion that there was a St. Veronica arises from confusion about the name of the cloth.
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The Catholic school is one of only 50 private schools to receive the prestigious award. ... Hard work has paid off for one local school, and students there are taking time out to celebrate. St. Veronica is one of several Tri-State schools that have recently received a Blue Ribbon award. ... Print this Story...
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