[[Image:Mandylion1.jpg|right|thumb|350px|17th century representation of the mandylion, Mt. Athos, Greece]]
[[Image:Mandylion1.jpg|right|thumb|350px|17th century representation of the mandylion, Mt. Athos, Greece]]
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The '''mandylion''' was a semi-legendary relic of Christianity, a square or rectangular piece of cloth bearing the image of the face of Jesus Christ, and first appearing in the city of Edessa in the 6th century.
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The '''mandylion''' was a semi-legendary relic of [[Christianity]], a square or rectangular piece of cloth bearing the image of the face of [[Jesus Christ]], and first appearing in the city of Edessa in the 6th century.