The Pilate cycle is a group of various pieces of early Christian literature that either purport to be written by Pontius Pilate, or else otherwise closely describe his activities and the Passion of Je
A 9th or 10th-century manuscript of the Gospel of Nicodemus, also known as the Acts of Pilate
The Cura sanitatis Tiberii legend appears in many Pilate-related works; Saint Veronica and her cloth with the image of Jesus heals Emperor Tiberius. Painting by Hans Memling, about 1470.
Saint Veronica, also known as Berenike, was a widow from Jerusalem who lived in the 1st century AD, according to extra-biblical Christian traditions. Apocryphal texts relate how Veronica was moved wit
Saint Veronica and the Holy Women, Grégoire Guérard, c.1530
Veil of Veronica (1923) by Olle Hjortzberg in Högalid Church (Evangelical-Lutheran) in Stockholm
Albrecht Dürer's 1513 Veronica