Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 230, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 September 1915 — Origin of Veronica. [ARTICLE]

Origin of Veronica.

One of the most interesting of twist ed names is the girl’s name, Veronica which, by the way, is not so common as its beauty entitles it to be. You probably know the legend of how St Veronica wiped the brow of Christ on his way to Calvary, and how on the handkerchief a miraculous print of the Savior’s face remained. This was the r verum Ikon” (the true image) celebrated in Christian legend, and the name Veronica bestowed upon the saint was simply an anagram of those two words