The Holy Face of Jesus is a title for specific images which some Catholics believe to be miraculously formed representations of the face of Jesus Christ. The image obtained from the Shroud of Turin is
Secondo Pia's 1898 negative of the image on the Shroud of Turin. Image from Musée de l'Élysée, Lausanne.
Veronica's veil by Claude Mellan (c. 1649)
A reproduction or "engraving" of the Holy Face of Jesus associated with a miracle at St. Peter's Basilica on 6 January 1849.
On Good Friday, the Holy Face of Jesus is displayed at Engelbrekt Evangelical-Lutheran Church. The Church of Sweden priest wears a black stole, the liturgical colour of Good Friday in Evangelical-Lutheranism; the church is dimly lit and the altar has been stripped for this holy day (2025).
Maria Pierina De Micheli was a Roman Catholic religious sister who was born near Milan in Italy. She is best known for her association with devotion to the Holy Face of Jesus and for introducing a med
Tomb of Blessed Maria Pierina