Liturgy and Theology

Veronica in liturgical calendars and in the divine office in Italy and in Europe
Veronica in hagiography
The link with the beatific vision and Corpus Domini

The cult of the Veronica including prayers of intercession, the Veronica Office and Mass Proper, as well as the figure of Veronica in hagiography. The relation between devotion reserved specifically for the Veronica and important theological issues in the thirteenth century, such as the spread of the cult of Corpus Domini and the beatific vision of God, as well as the sacramental value of copies of the Veronica around which devotional ceremonies were developed.

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The Veil of Veronica: From Concealment to Revelation

by Mary-Catharine Carroll* Department of Theology, Saint Paul University Ottawa, Ontario, Canada The Veil of Veronica (called the Veronica) belongs to the tradition of miraculous images on cloth that claim to be made from the imprint of Christ’s face. Called Volto santo, or Holy Face, they include the Holy Face of Manoppello, the Holy Face…

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The Mass Proper of the Holy Face and of Saint Veronica in Medieval Liturgical Sources before the Tridentine Reform

Uwe Michael Lang (London) Abstract The liturgical veneration the Roman Veronica is first attested in a manuscript of the Capitular Archives of St Peter’s in the Vatican, which contains material dating from the 13th to the 15th century and includes a set of Mass orations with a “Collecta ad faciem Christi”. In the later Middle…

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Face to face with Christ in Late Medieval Rome. The Veil of Veronica in Papal Liturgy and Ceremony

Jörg Bölling (Hildesheim) Abstract The Veil of Veronica (“sudarium”) was one of the main relics preserved at the grave of Saint Peter, “prince of the apostles”. Whereas the other most important contact relics, pieces of the Holy Cross and the Holy Lance of Longinus, had no image of their own, the Veil in the belief…

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The Mass Proper of the Holy Face and of Saint Veronica in Medieval Liturgical Sources before the Tridentine Reform

Face to face with Christ in Late Medieval Rome. The Veil of Veronica in Papal Liturgy and Ceremony

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