Sunday, February 20, 2005

I picked Veronica

As a confirmation name, I mean. So I will be Margaret Patricia Veronica, like Betsy is Elizabeth Patricia Mary :)

There have been two St. Veronicas:

St Veronica, who had the famous "Veronica's Veil" - she wiped the face of Christ during His Passion, which left an imprint of the Holy Face on the cloth;

and St. Veronica Giuliani (1660-1727)

She was born in 1660 at Mercatello in Urbino and became a Capuchiness at Città di Castello when she was only seventeen. Because the bishop who confirmed her had prophesied that she would one day become a saint, she was given a hard novitiate which was further complicated by illness.

In 1694, the crown of thorns was imprinted upon her forehead and in 1697 she received the stigmata; but what is most remarkable is that towards the end of her life she seems to have had an accurate mental picture of the physical constitution of her heart. She even drew a chart on which she indicated the position in the heart of the several emblems of our Lord's passion: a cross, a chalice, a crown of thorns, three nails and seven swords. On her death, the heart was examined by two professors of medicine and surgery before a committee of notable ecclesiastics, and a formal testimony was made that a number of minute objects corresponding to those shown in St. Veronica's plan were to be found in the right ventricle.

From CIN.

3 comments:

  1. I also like Veronica especially since the name actually means True Icon. We are all supposed become Veronicas or a true icon of Christ.

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  2. Veronica... Thinking that old comic here, lol. But hey, that character was loaded, so you never know... Might be good luck... ;) ;)

    Haha, Veronica Giuliani? As in the mayor? That's interesing.

    Pretty name, though.

    Also happy that now that you guys are confirmed/going to be confirmed, I don't have the longest name in our old group, lol. But none of ya'll can beat "Belva"! Yay for old German names no one recognizes in mainstream America! :P

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  3. "Belva" has its own particular ethnic charm! :)

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