Saint Veronica

For the Italian saint, see Veronica Giuliani. For the Billy Talent song, see Saint Veronika. For the Syrian saint, see Febronia of Syria. For other uses of saintly "Berenice", see Berenice (disambiguation). For other uses of saintly "Veronica", see Veronica (disambiguation).
Saint

Veronica
Saint Veronica, by Hans Memling, c. 1470.
Born1st century AD
Caesarea Philippi or Jerusalem, Judea
Venerated inRoman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church, Anglican Communion
CanonizedPre-Congregation
FeastJuly 12[1]
AttributesCloth that bears the image of Christ's face
Patronageimages; laundry workers, pictures, photos, photographers,[2] Santa Veronica, San Pablo City, Laguna

Saint Veronica, also known as Berenike,[3] was a widow from Jerusalem who lived in the 1st century AD, according to extra-biblical Christian sacred tradition.[4] A celebrated saint in many pious Christian countries, the 17th-century Acta Sanctorum published by the Bollandists listed her feast under July 12,[5] but the German Jesuit scholar Joseph Braun cited her commemoration in Festi Marianni on 13 January.

Saint Veronica and the Holy Women, Grégoire Guérard, c.1530

According to Church tradition, Veronica was moved with sympathy seeing Jesus carrying the cross to Calvary and gave him her veil so that he could wipe his forehead. Jesus accepted the offer, and when he returned the veil the image of his face was miraculously captured on it. The resulting relic became known as the Veil of Veronica.[6][7][8]

The story of Veronica is celebrated in the sixth Station of the Cross in Anglican, Catholic, and Western Orthodox churches.[4][9][10]

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