Stations of the Cross to 20th centuries has consisted of 14 pictures or sculptures depicting the following scenes: Although not traditionally part of the Stations, the Resurrection of Jesus is, in very rare instances, included as a fifteenth station. Out of the fourteen traditional Stations of the Cross, only eight have clear scriptural foundation. Stations 3, 4, 6, 7, and 9 are not specifically attested to in the gospels (in particular, no evidence exists of station 6 ever being known before medieval times) and Station 13 (representing Jesus's body being taken down off the cross and laid in the arms of his mother Mary)
Illustrious Brotherhood of the Holy Cross of the Redeemer and the Immaculate Conception, his Mother (Salamanca) the Roman Catholic Church and the "Estatutos" o constitutions of the own brotherhood. The brotherhood is known as the "Vera Cruz" or "True Cross" because the institution owns a relic consisting in physical remnants which, by a Christian tradition, are believed to be from the cross upon which Jesus was crucified. The most popular activities of the "Vera Cruz" are the Holy Week processions. The "Vera Cruz" is the oldest brotherhood in Salamanca so are some of its processions. The "Vera Cruz" celebrates four processions during Holy Week and another one during the celebrations of the Corpus Christi feast. The