John XXII’s Veronica prayer (with huge indulgences) is aimed at Christ’s face-image on the sudarium, asking it to purge and lead to the blessed
John XXII’s indulged Veronica prayer is directed to the sudarium face-image itself—asking the ‘holy face’ / ‘blessed image’ to purge, enlighten, and bring the devout to Christ’s pure face.
Latin
XXV. Reperitur & Oratio quaedam, quae fertur a Johanne Papa XXII. edita, cum concessione indulgentiarum decies mille dierum illam devote dicentibus, inspiciendo Veronicam, ad quam oratio illa dirigitur. Vocatur autem Veronica effigies quaedam vultus Christi impressa Sudario, quod in aede Sancti Petri Romae asservari dicitur, ut etiam in quadam civitate Hispaniae, teste Marineo Siculo libro quinto de rebus Hispanicis. Ista vero Imago Veronica dicitur nomine mulieris, a qua Sudarium traditur faciei Christi sanguine & sudore aspersae admotum esse, & vultus ejus effigiem in se retinuisse. Porro sic se habet oratio illa quae legitur in libro qui Antidotarius animae inscribitur. Salve Sancta facies Nostri Redemptoris, In qua nitet species divini splendoris, Impressa panniculo nivei candoris, Dataque Veronicae signum ob amoris. Salve decus saeculi, speculum Sanctorum, Quod videre cupiunt spiritus coelorum; Nos ab omni macula purga vitiorum, Atque nos consortio junge beatorum. Salve vultus Domini imago beata, Ex aeterno munere mire decorata: Lumen funde cordibus ex vi tibi data, Et a nostris sensibus tolle colligata. Salve robur fidei nostrae Christianae, Deliruens haereticos qui sunt mentis vanae: Horum auge meritum qui te credunt sane. Salve nostrum gaudium in hac vita dura, Labili & fragili, cito peritura: Nos deduc ad propria, O felix figura, Ad videndum faciem quae est Christi pura.
About this text
Louis Le Blanc de Beaulieu, Sedan Theses, newly rendered from Latin: from theology proper through the Roman theses I–77 and the Reformed theses of Part Two. The theses only — not the collected works.
English follows locked Pitt Latin through Imaginum CLOSED + Sanctorum Cultu Romana CLOSED + Pars Secunda Reformata I-XL. 1675 PDF ~384-390 (book ~370-376); Vision OCR + pdftotext + tess. No modern English. This slice densifies Sanctorum Pars Secunda I-XL. Next: Pars Secunda XLI–fin (~CI). Claim stays claimed (book densify not done).
Catalogue & scope
ESTC R17887; Wing L802. IA bub_gb_eOkHAW4G0-wC (+ EEBO 1675 for gap leaves). Densify through Sanctorum Cultu Romana I-LXXVII + Pars Secunda Reformata I-XL (Pars Secunda not closed; not whole folio).
Witnesses
- Copy-text Locked Latin, De Theologia I-XLIII (Pitt 1675) (Latin)
- Checked print Internet Archive PDF of the 1675 Pitt folio (Latin)
- Checked print pdftotext of De Theologia pages (Latin)
- Checked print Internet Archive DjVu OCR of the 1675 Pitt folio (Latin)
- Copy-text Locked Latin, De Fide I-XXII (Pitt 1675) (Latin)
- Copy-text Locked Latin, De Authoritate Scripturae Pars I I-XLVII + Pars II I-XXXV + Pars III I-VIII (Pitt 1675) (Latin)
- Copy-text Locked Latin, De Scripturae plenitudine densify (Pitt 1675) (Latin)
This is an AI-assisted study translation. Source fidelity and completeness have not been independently certified. Open Latin on each section (or the Latin source witness link) for the source text. This is not a complete critical edition.