Invention of the Cross English

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What does Invention of the Cross mean?

Invention of the Cross properNoun

— (Christianity) The alleged discovery of the cross on which Jesus Christ was crucified, by St Helena, mother of the Emperor Constantine, in 326 C.E..

— (Christianity) The church festival observed on 3 May in commemoration of St Helena's alleged discovery of the so-called True Cross.