Accoring to the Acta Sanctorum published by the Bollandists (under February 4), Saint Veronica or Berenice, was a pious woman of Jerusalem who, moved with pity as Jesus carried his cross to Golgotha, gave him her veil that he might wipe his forehead. Jesus accepted the offering and after using it handed it back to her, the image of His face miraculously impressed upon it. The name "Veronica" itself is a latinisation of Berenice, a Macedonian name, meaning "bearer of victory" (corresponding to Greek *phere-nikē). Folk etymology has attributed its origin to the words 'vera' (Latin = true) and 'icon' (Greek = image). The Encyclopaedia Britannica says this about the legend: