Image of Edessa
A medieval Roman Catholic legend viewed a specific piece of cloth, known as the "Veil of Veronica", as having been supernaturally imprinted with Jesus' image, by physical contact with Jesus' face. By metathesis of the Latin words "vera icon" (meaning "true image") into "Veronica", it came to be said that the "Veil of Veronica" had gained its image when a "Saint Veronica" encountered Jesus, and wiped the sweat from his face with the cloth; no element of this legend is present in the Bible, although the similar "Image of Edessa" is mentioned in "The Epistles of Jesus Christ and Abgarus King of Edessa", a late piece of New Testament apocrypha. The "Veil of Veronica" relates to a pre-Crucifixion image, and is distinct from the post-Crucifixion Holy Face image, often related to the Shroud of Turin.