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The first-century saint who went viral

Laura Freeman reflects on art’s – and Twitter’s – fascination with Veronica and her sudarium

Proto T-shirt tout or early Christian super-fan: ‘Saint Veronica’, c.1470–5, by Hans Memling. Credit: Bridgeman Images

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