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[[Image:Francesco Mochi La Veronica.jpg|thumb|Francesco Mochi, La Veronica.]]
[[Image:Francesco Mochi La Veronica.jpg|thumb|Francesco Mochi, La Veronica.]]
'''Veronica''' was ion]], an object of veneration by the [[Eastern Church]].
'''Veronica''' was a [[saint]] who lived in the first century, A.D. According to legend, Veronica saw the bruised and bleeding face of [[Jesus]] on the way to His [[crucifixion]], and wiped it with a cloth, miraculously transferring the image.
According to [[Eusebius]] in his history of the [[church]], there lived a woman at [[Caesaria]] who was the woman of [[Matthew]] 9:20-22:
:''And, behold, a woman, which was diseased with an issue of blood twelve years, came behind him, and touched the hem of his garment:''
:''For she said within herself, If I may but touch his garment, I shall be whole.''
:''But Jesus turned him about, and when he saw her, he said, Daughter, be of good comfort; thy faith hath made thee whole. And the woman was made whole from that hour.''
It was claimed that this woman was the Veronica who wiped Jesus' brow, according to the apocryphal ''Acts of Pilate''. In her later life she had moved to [[France]] after marrying a [[Christian]] convert, Zaccheus (from Luke 19:1–10). She lived and died in the Bordeaux district, having also brought relics of the [[Virgin Mary]].
While the life of Veronica is subject to speculation, the word itself is based on a combination of the Latin word "vera", meaning "true", and the [[Greek]] word "icon" (εικών), literally meaning "true image", and is possibly the earliest known title for the [[mandylion]], an object of veneration by the [[Eastern Church]].
==See also==
==See also==