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... > Religion and Magic > Christian religion > saints > male saints (with NAME) > the Roman emperor Constantine the Great; possible attributes: crown, sceptre, standard (labarum) with chi-rho monogram or cross > personal devotion of St. Constantine > the battle of the Milvian bridge (Saxa Rubra): St. Constantine on horseback confronts Maxentius; a cross appears in the sky with in fiery letters 'in hoc signo vinces' (the raised standards of the Roman soldiers carry a cross or the chi-rho monogram) > the dream of St. Constantine the Great before the battle of the Milvian bridge: an angel appears with a cross and foretells his victory

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11H(CONSTANTINE)341the dream of St. Constantine the Great before the battle of the Milvian bridge: an angel appears with a cross and foretells his victory  

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Subject

  • angel
  • battle
  • bridge
  • chrismon
  • Christian religion
  • Constantine the Great (St.)
  • cross
  • crown
  • dream
  • emperor
  • in hoc signo vinces
  • labarum
  • Maxentius (Emperor)
  • Milvian bridge
  • religion
  • riding (on horseback)
  • saint
  • Saxa Rubra
  • sceptre
  • sleeping
  • soldier
  • standard
  • supernatural
  • victory
  • vision

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  • 11H(CONSTANTINE)341

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http://iconclass.org/11H%28CONSTANTINE%29341

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