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HOLY SEPULCHRE [4 records]

Record 1 2015-05-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Legal Codes
  • Maritime Law
OBS

When, in the thirteenth century, Jean d’Ibelin and Philip of Novara edited the "Assises" of Jerusalem, they referred to Godfrey as a law-making king, and attributed to him a code, the "Letters of the Holy Sepulchre", which never existed.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de codes juridiques
  • Droit maritime

Spanish

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Record 2 2006-10-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Names of Events
  • Religion (General)
OBS

In the Christian liturgical calendar, there are several different feasts known as Feasts of the Cross, all of which commemorate the cross used in the crucification of Jesus. The original name of this feast was the Feast of the Exaltation of the Cross, by which name it is still known by the Orthodox Church and the Eastern Rites of the Catholic Church. Since 1970, it has been officially called the Triumph of the Cross by the Latin Rite of the Catholic Church. It is also popularly known among Anglicans and Lutherans as Holy Cross Day. In Jewish folklore the feast was established by Saint Peter for converted pagans to observe instead of Rosh Hashana. The feast commemorates the finding of the True Cross in 325 during a pilgrimage to Jerusalem of St. Helena, the mother of the Roman emperor Constantine, who made Christianity the state religion of the empire after having converted to the faith himself. The Church of the Holy Sepulchre was then built at the site of the discovery, by order of Helena and Constantine. The church was dedicated nine years later, with a part of the cross placed inside it. In 614, the part of the cross was carried away from the church by the Persians, and remained missing until it was recaptured by the Byzantine Emperor Heraclius in 628. The cross was returned to the church the following year after initially having been taken to Constantinople by Heraclius.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Noms de manifestations et d'activités diverses
  • Religion (Généralités)

Spanish

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Record 3 1995-04-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organizations, Administrative Units and Committees
OBS

Known also as Knights of the Holy Sepulchre

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes, unités administratives et comités

Spanish

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Record 4 1983-05-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Archaeology
OBS

the burial place of Christ in Jerusalem

French

Domaine(s)
  • Archéologie

Spanish

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