In this second window the main detail is of a cloth bearing an image of the face of Jesus. We know this cloth from the sixth Station of the Cross when “Veronica wipes the face of Jesus”. There is no historical evidence for Veronica’s merciful act – it is not mentioned in the four gospels – but devotion to Veronica (the person) and to The Veronica (the cloth and its image) has existed since the middle ages. There are several legends as to who the woman was – Martha of Bethany, or the woman with the issue of blood whom Jesus healed, or a woman called Berenike. Historical or not, we can still contemplate a horrible death and an act of compassion at the sixth station.

The dedication at the bottom of the window is shown in the image at far right and reads,