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2. San Damiano cross - Wikipedia

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   The San Damiano Cross is the large Romanesque rood cross before which St. Francis of Assisi was praying when he is said to have received the commission from the Lord to rebuild the Church. It now hangs in the Basilica of Saint Clare ( Basilica di Santa Chiara) in Assisi, Italy, with a replica in its original position in the church of San ...

3. Crucifix - Wikipedia

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   A crucifix (from the Latin cruci fixus meaning ' (one) fixed to a cross') is a cross with an image of Jesus on it, as distinct from a bare cross. The representation of Jesus himself on the cross is referred to in English as the corpus (Latin for 'body'). [1] [2] The crucifix emphasizes Jesus ' sacrifice, including his death by crucifixion ...

4. Christian cross - Wikipedia

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   The Christian cross, seen as a representation of the crucifixion of Jesus on a large wooden cross, is a symbol of Christianity. It is related to the crucifix (a cross that includes a corpus, usually a three-dimensional with representation of Jesus' body) and to the more general family of cross symbols, the term cross itself being detached from the original specifically Christian meaning in ...

5. True Cross - Wikipedia

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   Christ Crucified by Giotto, c. 1310. The True Cross is said to be the real cross that Jesus of Nazareth was crucified on, according to Christian tradition.. It is related by numerous historical accounts and legends that Helena, the mother of Roman Emperor Constantine the Great, recovered the True Cross at the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, when she travelled to the Holy Land in the years 326–328.

6. Crucifix (Cimabue, Santa Croce) - Wikipedia

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   The Crucifix by Cimabue at Santa Croce ( c. 1265) is a very large wooden crucifix, painted in distemper, attributed to the Florentine painter and mosaicist Cimabue, one of two large crucifixes attributed to him. [1] The work was commissioned by the Franciscan friars of Santa Croce and is built from a complex arrangement of five main and eight ...

7. Christian cross variants - Wikipedia

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   Christian cross variants. 7th-century Byzantine solidus, showing Leontius holding a globus cruciger, with a stepped cross on the obverse side. Double-barred cross symbol as used in a 9th-century Byzantine seal. Greek cross ( Church of Saint Sava) and Latin cross ( St. Paul's cathedral) in church floorplans. The Christian cross, with or without ...