 This representation of the face of Christ, which was regarded by many as the original relic, was really a copy of the "Vera Effigies" in St. Peter's Basilica at Rome.It was presented in 1249 to the then Abbess of Montreuil, Sybilla, by her brother Jacques Pantaleon, afterwards Pope Urban IV.The painting, apparently of Eastern origin and already ancient when it came into the hands of the nuns, bore an inscription that seemed undecipherable, baffling even Mabillon.