Dec 062008
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- Berenice
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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.
- against bleeding
- against hemorraghes
- domestic workers
- dying people
- laundry workers
- linen weavers
- maids
- parsonage housekeepers
- photographers
- rectory housekeepers
- seamstresses
- washerwomen
- woman holding a cloth that bears the image of Christ’s face
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Additional Information
- Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
- Catholic Encyclopedia, by Antoine Degert
- Heiligen 3s
- Kirken i Norge
- National Gallery of Art
- Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
- Saint Veronica’s Kerchief, by Selma Lagerlöf
MLA Citation
- “Saint Veronica“. Saints.SQPN.com. 14 April 2013. Web. 24 May 2013. <>
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