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Luke 23:27-31 tells us that certain women lamented as Jesus carried his cross to Golgotha. An early medieval story expanded on this brief passage, saying that one of these women offered a cloth to wipe the face of Jesus which then resulted in a portrait on the cloth (a reproduction of which is now kept as a relic in Saint Peter's basilica in Rome). Her name was given as Veronica (vera + ikon = "true image"), and she now has a place in the popular exercise of the Stations of the Cross.
It seems unlikely that the medieval authors, well known for their pious creativity, could have known something that the author of Luke did not know. It is even more unlikely that the woman's name happened to coincide with what she was famous for in this story - wiping Jesus' face and receiving a true image of his face. We can say with some certainty that St. Veronica never lived.
Nevertheless, St Veronica remains important in Catholic liturgy. But she is not considered to have been a martyr.
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∙ 9y ago
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∙ 9y agoWe know nothing about Veronica, including how and when she died. All we know about her is from tradition that tells us that, after Our Lord fell on his way to Calvary, she wiped his face with a towel. His image was left on the cloth and the relic has been housed for centuries at St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican.
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∙ 8y agoLuke 23:27-31 tells us that certain women lamented as Jesus carried his cross to Golgotha. At this stage, there is no mention of Veronica or of her wiping Jesus' face.
An early medieval story expanded on Luke's brief passage, saying that one of these women offered a cloth to wipe the face of Jesus which then resulted in a portrait on the cloth (a reproduction of which is now kept as a relic in Saint Peter's basilica in Rome). Her name was given as Veronica (vera + ikon = "true image"), and she now has a place in the popular exercise of the Stations of the Cross.
It seems unlikely that the medieval authors, well known for their pious creativity, could have known something that the author of Luke did not know. It is even more unlikely that the woman's name happened to coincide with what she was famous for in this story - wiping Jesus' face and receiving a true image of his face. We can say with some certainty that St. Veronica never lived, nevertheless she remains important in Catholic liturgy and it is strongly believed that Saint Veronica really did meet Jesus in this way.
There is not enough historical evidence to confirm that St. Veronica was a martyr. She is primarily known for wiping the face of Jesus on the road to Calvary, rather than for being a martyr.
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∙ 12y agoSt. Veronica Giuliani was canonized in 1839.
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∙ 13y agoTradition says that Veronica met Jesus as he was carrying his cross to Calvary. She wiped his face of blood and sweat with her veil.
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∙ 9y agoTradition says that Veronica met Jesus as he was carrying his cross to Calvary. She wiped his face of blood and sweat with her veil. The image of Jesus' face was left on the cloth.
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∙ 9y agoYes, there are more than one saint named Veronica.
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∙ 12y agoNo, they were not related.
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