The Veil Of Veronica

The Veil of Veronica, first published in English in 1931, is simultaneously a brilliant novel and a compelling confession of faith. The story is that of Veronica: a young, motherless German girl living with her aristocratic grandmother and her religious aunt in the heart of the Eternal City. Veronica is

Best-selling journalist, historian and author Paul Badde embarks on an exciting quest to discover the truth behind the Holy Face of Manoppello, a relic recently rediscovered and rumored to be the veil of Veronica. Vatican correspondent for German newspaper Die Welt, journalist Paul Badde was intrigued when he heard of

Marcellus scans the illustrious port of first-century Caesarea as his ship departs for Italy. He is a young Roman officer, and in his possession is a treasure of unimaginable worth; a woman's veil bearing the image of Jesus Christ obtained on the way to his crucifixion. The mysterious veil has

In The Legend of Veronica in Early Modern Art, Katherine T. Brown explores the lore of the apocryphal character of Veronica and the history of the “true image” relic as factors in the Franciscans’ placement of her character into the Via Crucis (Way of the Cross) as the Sixth Station,

St. Veronica wiped the face of Jesus while he was on his way to Calvary. This book looks at the office she performed, and the devotion throughout the centuries to the Holy Face of Jesus.

It rises suddenly out of the Sonoran Desert landscape, towering over the tallest tree or cactus, a commanding building with a sensuous dome, elliptical vaults, and sturdy bell towers. There is nothing else like it around, nor does it seem there should be. This incongruity of setting is what strikes

This book presents an Eastern Orthodox perspective on the legends and facts surrounding St. Veronica's life, Veil and Statue. St. Veronica is one of the most beloved saints in the Eastern Orthodox and Catholic Churches. She is the woman with an issue of blood presented in the Gospels, who was

Chaucer s Pardoner and Gender Theory, the first book-length treatment of the character, examines the Pardoner in Chaucer s Canterbury Tales from the perspective of both medieval and twentieth-century theories of sex, gender, and erotic practice. Sturges argues for a discontinuous, fragmentary reading of this character and his tale that

The sensational true inspirational story of an Australian rock n roll artist who by chance developed a new form of infrared negative film processing system which in 2011 discovered the incredible alive face of Jesus Christ moments before crucifiction in the legendary cloth held at St Peters in Rome known

Examines the life and work of Domenicos Theotocopoulous, the sixteenth-century artist who created his greatest works in Spain where he was known as "El Greco."