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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 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. | + | '''Veronica''' was ion]], an object of veneration by the [[Eastern Church]]. |
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| − | According to [[Eusebius]] in his history of the [[church]], there lived a woman at [[Caesaria]] who was the woman of [[Matthew]] 9:20-22:
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| − | :''And, behold, a woman, which was diseased with an issue of blood twelve years, came behind him, and touched the hem of his garment:''
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| − | :''For she said within herself, If I may but touch his garment, I shall be whole.''
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| − | :''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.''
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| − | 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]].
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| − | 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]].
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