Invention of the Cross

Proper Noun

  • The alleged discovery of the cross on which Jesus Christ was crucified, by St Helena, mother of the Emperor Constantine, in 326 .
  • The church festival observed on 3 May in commemoration of St Helena's alleged discovery of the so-called True Cross.

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