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    Veronica Giuliani

    Italian Roman Catholic saint

    Veronica Giuliani, OSC Cap. (also Veronica de Julianis; 27 December 1660—9 July 1727)[1] was an Italian Capuchin Poor Clares nun and mystic. She was canonized by Pope Gregory XVI in 1839.

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    She was born Orsola or Ursula Giuliani at Mercatello sul Metauro in the Duchy of Urbino on 27 December 1660. Her parents were Francesco and Benedetta Mancini Giuliani. She was the youngest of seven sisters, three of whom chose the monastic life.[1]

    It is told that at the age of three years Giuliani supposedly began to show great compassion for the poor. She would set apart a portion of her food for them, and even part with her clothes when she met a poor child scantily clad.[3] Her mother died when Ursula was seven years of age.

    When others did not readily join in her religious practices she was inclined to be dictatorial. At the age of 16, she experienced a vision which corre

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    St. Veronica

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    In several regions of Christendom there is honored under this name a pious matron of Jerusalem who, during the Passion of Christ, as one of the holywomen who accompanied Him to Calvary, offered Him a towel on which he left the imprint of His face. She went to Rome, bringing with her this image of Christ, which was long exposed to public veneration. To her likewise are traced other relics of the Blessed Virginvenerated in several churches of the West. The belief in the existence of authentic images of Christ is connected with the old legend of Abgar of Edessa and the apocryphal writing known as the "Mors Pilati". To distinguish at Rome the oldest and best known of these images it was called vera icon (true image), which ordinary language soon made ve

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    Saint Veronica

    Christian saint

    For the Italian saint, see Veronica Giuliani. For the Billy Talent song, see Saint Veronika. For the Syrian saint, see Febronia of Syria. For other uses of saintly "Berenice", see Berenice (disambiguation). For other uses of saintly "Veronica", see Veronica (disambiguation).

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    Veronica

    Saint Veronica, by Hans Memling, c. 1470.

    Born1st century AD
    Caesarea Philippi or Jerusalem, Judea
    Venerated inRoman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church, Anglican Communion
    CanonizedPre-Congregation
    FeastJuly 12[1]
    AttributesCloth that bears the image of Christ's face
    Patronageimages; laundry workers, pictures, photos, photographers,[2]Santa Veronica, San Pablo City, Laguna

    Saint Veronica, also known as Berenike,[3] was a widow from Jerusalem who lived in the 1st century AD, according to extra-biblical Christian traditions.[4] A celebrated saint in many pious Ch