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True Cross

In Christian tradition, the True Cross is the original wooden cross on which Jesus of Nazareth was crucified.

Provenance, Empress Helena and the Cross & The True Cross in Jerusalem

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Provenance

Empress Helena and the Cross

The True Cross in Jerusalem

Dispersion of relics

Veneration

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True Cross

Nodes240
Edges239
Triples293
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.008333
Components1

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True Cross

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related to Veneration · 40
True Cross → According, Anglican, August, Catholic Church, Catholic Encyclopedia, Church, Constantinople, Cross, Eastern Orthodox, Exaltation, Feast, Galician, Great Palace, Hagia Sophia, Holy Cross Day, Holy Sepulchre, In, Invention, John Chrysostom, June
related to Dispersion of relics · 29
True Cross → Algeria, An, Around, Byzantine, Catecheses, Christ, Cross, Cyril, Earth, Egeria's, Even, Felix Basilica, Fragments, In, Jerusalem, John Chrysostom, Juvenal Patriarch, Latin, Letters, Mauretania
related to Islamic rule and the Crusades · 26
True Cross → After, Al-Hakim, Amr Allah, Antioch, Arnulf, Arnulf Malecorne, Around, Christians, Church, Cross, Displayed, European, Fatimid, First Crusade, First Muslim, Greek Orthodox, Heraclius, Holy Lance, Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem
related to Eusebius · 22
True Cross → Aelia Capitolina, Although Eusebius, Bar Kokhba's, Bishop, Caesarea, Christian Church, Christianity, Constantine, Emperor Constantine, Eusebius, Following, Hadrian's, Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem, Jerusalem's, Jesus, Jewish Revolt, Macarius, Roman, The Life
related to 21st-century status · 20
True Cross → According, Amba Geshen, Armenia, Armenian Apostolic Church, Book, Church, Coptic Christians, Dawit, Egziabher Ab, Golgotha, Grains, Greek Treasury, Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem, Monastery, Saint Mark, Tekle Maryam, The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo, The Greek Orthodox, The Syriac Orthodox Church
related to Gelasius and Rufinus · 20
True Cross → About, Aphrodite, Aquileia's Latin, Bishop Macarius, Caesarea, Church, Constantine, Cyril, Cyril's, Eusebius' Church History, Gelasius, Greek Ecclesiastical History, Helena, In, Jerusalem, Jesus, Rufinus, She, The, This
related to The Perso-Byzantine Wars · 18
True Cross → Byzantine, Byzantine Emperor Heraclius, Constantin Zuckerman, Constantinople, During, He, Heraclius, In, Jerusalem, Khosrow, March, Persian, Persians, Sasanian Shah Khosrow II, Sasanian War, Shahrbaraz, Some, Thirteen
related to Eastern Christianity · 17
True Cross → According, Ark, Compare, Covenant, Eastern Orthodox Church, God's, Hebrew, Isaiah, Jerusalem Temple, Jesus's, Jewish, Latin, Lebanon, Orthodox, The, This, Three Pilgrimage Festivals
related to The Golden Legend · 15
True Cross → Adam, Adam's, Bishop, Genoa, Golden Legend, In, In The Life, Jacobus, Latin-speaking, Mercy, Seth, The Golden Legend, Tree, Voragine, Western Europe
related to Catholic commemoration · 14
True Cross → According, Byzantine, Cross, Exaltation, Feast, Finding, Helena, Heraclius, In, Jerusalem, May, Persians, Roman Catholic Marian Missal, September

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cross true jerusalem church holy relics orthodox helena wood also one catholic sepulchre churches three relic latin emperor crosses roman

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True Crossis aoriginal wooden cross on which Jesus of Nazareth was crucified.It is related by numerous historical accounts and legends that Helen0.90text
True Crossrelated to 21st-century statusThe Greek Orthodox0.60section
True Crossrelated to 21st-century statusGreek Treasury0.60section
True Crossrelated to 21st-century statusChurch0.60section
True Crossrelated to 21st-century statusHoly Sepulchre0.60section
True Crossrelated to 21st-century statusGolgotha0.60section
True Crossrelated to 21st-century statusThe Syriac Orthodox Church0.60section
True Crossrelated to 21st-century statusMonastery0.60section
True Crossrelated to 21st-century statusSaint Mark0.60section
True Crossrelated to 21st-century statusJerusalem0.60section
True Crossrelated to 21st-century statusArmenian Apostolic Church0.60section
True Crossrelated to 21st-century statusArmenia0.60section

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