Scapular of the Holy Face
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This Scapular of the Holy Face is a Roman Catholic devotional scapular based on the devotion to the Holy Face of Jesus
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This scapular is also known as The Veronica based on the association of the Holy Face of Jesus with Saint Veronica
. The scapualr bears an image of the Holy Face of Jesus and is worn by the members of the Archconfraternity of the Holy Face.
Pope Leo XIII
approved of the scapular in 1885 and elevated the Priests of the Holy Face
to an archconfraternity. The wearing of this scapular is simply a pious practice, without any special indulgences.
Holy Face of Jesus
The Holy Face of Jesus is a title for specific images which some Catholics believe to have been miraculously formed representations of the face of Jesus Christ...
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This scapular is also known as The Veronica based on the association of the Holy Face of Jesus with Saint Veronica
Saint Veronica
Saint Veronica or Berenice, according to the "Acta Sanctorum" published by the Bollandists , was a pious woman of Jerusalem who, moved with pity as Jesus carried his cross to Golgotha, gave him her veil that he might wipe his forehead...
. The scapualr bears an image of the Holy Face of Jesus and is worn by the members of the Archconfraternity of the Holy Face.
Pope Leo XIII
Pope Leo XIII
Pope Leo XIII , born Vincenzo Gioacchino Raffaele Luigi Pecci to an Italian comital family, was the 256th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church, reigning from 1878 to 1903...
approved of the scapular in 1885 and elevated the Priests of the Holy Face
Priests of the Holy Face
Priests of the Holy Face is a Roman Catholic religious order. It was canonically erected on December 8, 1876.The order was started in 1876 by Archbishop Charles-Théodore Colet of Tours in order to administer the Oratory of the Holy Face, where prayers to the Holy Face of Jesus are recited...
to an archconfraternity. The wearing of this scapular is simply a pious practice, without any special indulgences.
