Category:Image of Edessa (subject)
According to Christian traditions, the Image of Edessa (or Mandylion) is an image of the Holy Face of Jesus of Nazareth miraculously imprinted upon a piece of cloth.
Overview
Along with the Veil of Veronica and the Shroud of Turin, the Image of Edessa is one of the relics claiming to preserve to true image of the Holy Face of Jesus.
Legend says that the image was sent by Jesus himself to King Abgar of Edessa, who in a letter had asked Jesus to come and cure him of an illness. Over the centuries the Holy Image was "hidden and rediscovered" several times until in the early 10th century it was moved to the Imperial Palace of Constantinople. There are different stories on the whereabouts of the holy relic, with two competing icons (one in Genoa, and one in Rome) claiming to be to true Image of Edessa. The tradition also attributed to the Mandylion the power of miraculously transferring his image by contact (the Keramidion).
The (lost) Mandrylion of Paris [France]
A tradition claims that the relic was brought to France around 1204 when French Crusaders looted Constantinople, and housed in the Sainte Chapelle in Paris until it disappeared during the French Revolution.
The Mandrylion of Genoa [Italy]
This image is still today kept in the Church of St Bartholomew of the Armenians, Genoa, Italy. The relic was donated in the 14th century to the city’s Doge Leonardo Montaldo by the Byzantine Emperor John V Palaeologus.
The Mandrylion of Rome [Italy]
From as early as the 16th century up to 1870, this image was kept in Rome's church of San Silvestro in Capite, attached to a convent of Poor Clares. It was then moved to the Matilda chapel in the Vatican Palace, where it is still preserved.
The Keramidion of Tiblisi [Georgia]
Tradition says that this 6th-7th century icon miraculously generated by contact with the Image of Edessa. The icon was preserved in the Georgian Monastery of Ancha (now in ruins in modern Turkey) until 1664 when it was brought to Tbilisi [Georgia]. The icon is now kept at the National Art Museum of Georgia in Tbilisi.
In Depth
- A (sources) -- survey of ancient sources
- A (arts) -- survey of fictional works
- A (research) -- survey of scholarly works
External links
This category currently contains no pages or media.