Veronica of Milan

Blessed

Veronica of Milan
Fresco by Luigi Migliavacca, Church of Turago Bordone
Nun
Bornc. 1445
Binasco, Italy
Died13 January 1497
Milan, Italy
Venerated inRoman Catholic Church
Beatified1517 by Pope Leo X (cultus confirmed)
1672 by Pope Clement X (devotion extended universally)
Feast13 January
28 January (Augustinian Order)

Veronica of Milan (c. 1445 – 13 January 1497) was an Italian nun in the Augustinian Order. She was reputed to have received frequent visions of the Virgin Mary, and her local cultus was confirmed by Pope Leo X in 1517.