Stations of the Cross question

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Where do the stations of the cross come from? i know the basics (he carried the cross, Simeon helped carry the cross and the crucifixion) but where did the other things come from like the falling 3 times, Veronica, ect. ?
 
Tradition. Some of what you find in the stations are related in scripture and some are from tradition handed down orally by those who were there.
 
You can find four different versions of the Way of the Cross toward the bottom of this page:

preces-latinae.org/thesaurus/Filius.html

The intro there and then each of the four versions includes a bit of information about various historical manifestations of the devotion.
 
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