RARE OLD VEIL OF VERONICA - HOLY FACE OF CHRIST RELIC!

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A spiritual treasure: 18th CENTURY HOLY FACE OF CHRIST/ VEIL OF VERONICA RELIC IN A BLACK WOOD FRAME, VATICAN SEAL Rome, ca. 1720 It is one of the most holy relics in Christianity: The "Veil of Veronica" or "Holy Face", preserved in Rome since the time of Emperor Tiberius (1st Century) and venerated since the 8th Century in St. Peter's Basilica. According to the legend, Veronica was a pious woman from Jerusalem who encountered Christ on His way to Calvary and, full of compassion, used her veil to clean His face from sweat and blood. When she took it back, His Most Holy Face appeared miraculously on the cloth! Next to the Turin Shroud, the "Veronica" is another image of Christ "not created by human hands", inspiring Christian iconography until today. Veronica's encounter became a regular station on the Way of the Cross, and even today, once a year, pilgrims receive a blessing with the most holy relic in St. Peter's on Passion Sunday . It is kept in a special chapel in one of the four main pillars of St. Peter. In the 19th century, the veneration of the Holy Face was propagated by St. Pope Pius IX and, among others, St. Therese de Lisieux, who took the name "Theresia of the Infant Jesus and the Holy Face". This was caused by a miracle. During the revolution of 1849, when the Pope had to flee to Gaeto, St. Pius IX ordered the read more

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