The Stations of the Cross

By the same Author

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VERONICA The Fourth of the set of Seven Stations carved by Adam Krafft at Nuremberg (c. 1490-1505). It will be noticed that the Carving is set in the wall of a house. See p. 63. The inscription runs: “Hier hat Cristus sein heiligs angesicht der heiligen Frau Veronica auf iren Slayr gedruckt vor irem Haus Vc (500) Sritt von Pilatus Haws.—Here has Christ left the impress of His holy Face for the holy woman Veronica upon her veil in front of her house, 500 paces from Pilate’s House.”

THE STATIONS OF THE CROSS

An Account of their History and Devotional Purpose

By

HERBERT THURSTON, S.J.

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Reprinted 1914