Saint Veronica

July 12

Profile
When Christ fell on his way to the Golgotha, a woman wiped his face with a towel; an image of Christ remained on the towel. This woman was Veronica, this incident is all we really know about her, and the relic has become her symbol ever since.


Patronage
laundry workers, photographers


Representation
woman holding a cloth that bears the image of Christ's face