If you were painting the face of Jesus in Rembrandt’s time — the 17th century — you had three sources to turn to: the Veil of Veronica, the Mandylion of Edessa and the Lentulus Letters.

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Pope Benedict XVI made a private visit, today, to the popularly venerated Veil of Veronica.  Veronica’s Veil is, according to tradition, a cloth used to wipe the sweat and blood from the ...

On Sunday, April 6, the Fifth Sunday of Lent, St. Peter’s Basilica will display the revered “Veronica’s Veil,” a cloth that, according to tradition, was used to wipe the face of Jesus on ...

Claude Mellan’s ‘Veil of Veronica,’ on display through May 15 at Krannert Art Museum in Champaign, was made as a single line spiraling out from Christ’s nose. Anthony Zilis/The News-Gazette ...

The Face of Christ on St. Veronica’s Veil is rendered in this 1735 French engraving. Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917/Metropolitan Museum of Art Seeing is believing ...

MANOPPELLO, Italy – Pope Benedict XVI on Friday prayed at a sanctuary in this village in central Italy that holds a veil some Christians believe was used to wipe blood and sweat from Jesus’ face on ...