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Show Origin of Veronica. One of the most interesting of twisted twist-ed names is the girl's name, Veronica, which, by the way, is not so common as its beauty entitles it to be Y'ou probably know the legend of how St. Veronica wiped the brow of Christ on his way to Calvary, aud how on the handkerchief a miraculous print of the Savior's face remained. This was the "verum ikon" (the true image) celebrated in Christian legend, and the name Veronica bestowed upon the saint was simply an anagram of thOBe two worda |