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The Semiology of God
abracadabra 2005.07.17 16:12
the picture of Costantine's Column (Cemberlitas) in istanbul, a column erected in 330AD to inaugurate the new Byzantine capital, Constantinople. It's made of porphyry brought from Heliopolis, Egypt. It supported the statue of the emperor. And.., it is said to have the holly cross buried underneath.
The Semiology of God
Rita Novel 2005.07.17 16:20
abra, wasn't there also originally a similar column that supported a statue of Helena?
Constantinople was dedicated as the new Christian capital of the Roman Empire, not a new Byzantine capital.
As to the appearance of the cross in first - third century Roman catacombs, they specifically signified the dead presence of Christian martyrs.
The Semiology of God
Rita Novel 2005.07.17 16:24
Only part of the Holy Cross went to Constantinople. Most of it stayed at Jerusalem, specifically at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, and part of it went to Rome and is still within the Helena chapel at Santa Croce in Gerusalemme, and is half of the titilus, the sign on the Cross.
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