The first written evidence of the story is from the Middle Ages and during the fourteenth century the veil became a central icon in the Western Church. In the words of art historian Neil Macgregor, "From 14th Century on, wherever the Roman Church went, the Veronica would go with it." The act of Saint Veronica wiping the face of Jesus with her veil is celebrated in the sixth Station of the Cross in many Anglican, Catholic, Lutheran, Methodist and Western Orthodox churches.