Invention of the Cross

English

Proper noun

Invention of the Cross

(Christianity) The alleged discovery of the cross on which Jesus Christ was crucified, by St Helena, mother of the Emperor Constantine, in 326 CE.
(Christianity) The church festival observed on 3 May in commemoration of St Helena's alleged discovery of the so-called True Cross.

References

“Invention of the Cross” in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1989, →ISBN.

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