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Saint Veronica
Saint Veronica is the patron saint of photographers and laundry workers. She's been my patron saint for quiet a while now. She was the saint I chose in third and fourth grade, and I guess she just stuck with me. I honestly love St. Veronica because every time I research more into her past and major events that she did, I always get amazed on how many risks she took. At first, in 3rd grade, I thought that the main thing that helped her become a saint was wiping the face of Jesus, but it's that and the things she did after Calvary.

Saint Veronica, who's feast day is July 12th, is widely known as the one who wiped the face of Jesus on the way to Calvary. The veil then miraculously has Jesus' face imprinted on it. She then stored the veil away from the Holy Land, then used it to cure an emperor from a sickness sometime later. She preached in the region of Bordeaux until her death. After she had died in the 1st century, she passed the veil to Pope Clement. The veil was later seen in Rome around the 8th century, and was ordered to move to St. Peter's by Pope Boniface VII. The veil is currently preserved in St. Peter's in memory of her charity, along with a station in 'The Stations of the Cross'. Not much is really known about St. Veronica, but there are mentions in the Acts of Pilate, who identified her as a woman with an issue with blood, she was also mentioned in the Gospel of Matthew. Her symbol is herself bearing the veil, or 'Veil of Veronica', which has Jesus depicted on it with the crown of thorns. She is from Jerusalem and is also known as St. Berenice. The story of her wiping the face of Jesus is believed to be the most popular story in the Bible, but there is no actual historical or scriptural evidence known about this event.

Saint Veronica performed the marks of Holy and Catholic. She had preached the word of God after fleeting the Holy Land, telling her stories of Jesus' miracles and acts he performed. She showed her mark of 'catholic' by her commitment to her faith, she was also was true to her faith by preaching it to people outside of the Holy Land. Being how there's not much known of Veronica, the only thing that has a type of evidence is that we know she preached after Calvary until death.

What we can learn from Saint Veronica is that faith is so strong, that it could and will follow us until death. It's our responsibility to preach it and preach it right, not like forcing one to follow the faith, but just to bring up that anyone could join, regardless who they are. Veronica's preaching caused so many doubters and new followers of the Catholic faith, which then caused a chain reaction to new followers of faith to join, building up the Church, slowly but surely.


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 * 1) "St. Veronica." //Catholic Online //. N.p., n.d. Web. 02 Oct. 2013. .
 * 2) "St. Veronica." //CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: //. N.p., n.d. Web. 02 Oct. 2013. 