The start and spread of the cult of the Veronica: Innocent III and the 13th century popes.
Ostensions to those in power in the Middle Ages. Politics and piety.
Pilgrimages to see the Veronica.
The start of the cult of the Veronica during Innocent III’s pontificate and its historical development in the 13th century, up to the first Jubilee under Boniface VIII, with particular attention to the question of indulgences. The possible role played by the Ospedale di Santo Spirito in Sassia, the destination of the procession with the relic. The ‘private’ ostensions of the Veronica to the rich and powerful, such as that of Charles IV in Rome in 1368-9, so as to understand them in their historical context, and, more generally, to the theme of pilgrimages, whose goal was to see the holy face.
The Face of the Other: The Veronica and the Spread of its Cult in Europe
Abstract Issues surrounding the cult of the Veronica, the cloth imprinted with the face of Christ, have been the object of numerous works of research. Reflecting on recent findings (please see the Convivium Supplement 2018, edited by A. Murphy, H.L. Kessler, M. Petoletti, E. Duffy and G. Milanese ), and undertaking new research paths,…
Read MoreThe Roman Hospital of Santo Spirito in Sassia and the symbolic Communication of the Veronica
Gisela Drossbach (Augsburg) Abstract In my paper I will focus on the following aspects: The genesis of the hospital and the Order of the Holy Ghost in the context of the papal letter of Innocent III concerning the Veronica (1208), as well as , the image of the Veronica in the “Liber Regulae”, the splendid…
Read MoreInnocent III and Veronica’s Veil: Papal PR or Eucharistic Icon?
Rebecca Rist (University of Reading) Abstract This paper will examine the cult of the sudarium known as Veronica’s Veil which was created in 1208 by Pope Innocent III (1198-1216), became an important focus of pilgrimage to Rome during the thirteenth century and for the Jubilee Year of 1300, and was to continue as an inspirational…
Read MoreThe Roman Veronica and the Holy Face of Lucca: parallelisms and tangencies in the formation of both traditions
Raffaele Savigni (Università di Bologna) Abstract There are various points of contact between the cult of the Holy Face of Lucca (which is documented from the end of the 11th century but only becomes a consolidated tradition in the early 1200s) and that of the Veronica. Although the former is a wooden statue (despite being…
Read More“Datum Avenioni” Avignon Papacy and the Custody of the Veronica
Chiara Di Fruscia (Rome) Abstract Starting with Pope Innocent III and throughout the 15th century, Catholic popes have enriched the symbolism related to the Holy Face of Christ by associating themselves to the expression vicarius-Christi. Such a conception clearly entails all sorts of ideological and political implications, therefore, we cannot consider the Veronica as the…
Read More“Sui pretiossisimi vultus Imago”: Veronica and Grants of Indulgences in the 13th and early 14th centuries
Étienne Doublier (Wuppertal) Abstract Both the “true icon” and “pardons” began to be extremely popoular especially during the thirteenth century. My paper questions the possible connection between the two phenomena and portrays the history of papal and episcopal indulgences connected with the veneration of Veronica in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. Following topics will be…
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Amanda C. Murphy
Emanuela Bossi
Raffaella Zardoni
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