The Veil of Saint Veronica

The legendary portrait of Christ counts as an image “not fashioned by human hand”, the miraculous imprint on a piece of cloth created by direct contact with the holy body. Western Christendom identified the “true” portrait as the image of Jesus’ countenance imprinted on a veil that the legendary figure known as Veronica used to wipe sweat and blood from his brow on the way to Golgotha. The suppose…