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The Holy Cross.
ments had been buried in rubbish , was lost sight of until the time of Helena , mother of Constantine the Great , who went to Jerusalem in the year 326 , and after diligent search foundit , together with the two crosses on which the thieves , — Titus ( the penitent ) and Dumachus , —as they are called , were crucified ; and also the three nailsand the
inscri-, p tion , but this being detached from the Cross , there was a difficulty at first in identifying the true one . This was removed by placing them by the side of a lady dangerousl y ill , who was restored to health directly the true one was applied . Helena gave the nails and part of the Cross to her son , and placed another part with the inscription in a
church at Rome , which she then founded . According to some writers , Constantine placed one of the nails on the bridle of his war-horse , and one on his sword ; and the third was cast into a dangerous gulf of the sea to appease a storm . One of the nails with part of the Cross , and the spear of Charles the Greatformerlthat of Longus or
, y Longinus , were afterwards , according to Fabian , in the possession of Athelstan . Part of the Cross , with one or more of the nails , and the crown of thorns , are said to be at Notre Dame , in Paris . As may readily be supposed , the relics of the Holy Cross throughout the many churches which profess to be possessed of themwould far exceed
, its size if put together , but others must reconcile this incongruity . Longus , or Longinus , before mentioned , was the soldier , or knight , as some accounts call him , who pierced our Saviour ' s side .
" Longeus came with a long spere And claue his herte asonder . " He was blind at the time , but received his sight from part of the flow of blood and water touching them , and was converted in consequence , and sent to prison because he would not deny the miracle . One of the commissioners
for the suppression of monasteries , Dr . London , writes to Cromwell , in 1537 , of Reading Priory : — "I have sent uppe the principall relik of idolytrie within thys realme an aungell with oon wyng that browzt to Caversham the spere hedde that percyd our Saviour is syde upon the crosse . " This is one of the many proofs of ignorant superstition brought to
light by those commissioners , who , it must be remembered however , were not impartial men , and who sought to cast an unjust odium on genuine relics , where , by possibility any might exist . JAN . T
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Holy Cross.
ments had been buried in rubbish , was lost sight of until the time of Helena , mother of Constantine the Great , who went to Jerusalem in the year 326 , and after diligent search foundit , together with the two crosses on which the thieves , — Titus ( the penitent ) and Dumachus , —as they are called , were crucified ; and also the three nailsand the
inscri-, p tion , but this being detached from the Cross , there was a difficulty at first in identifying the true one . This was removed by placing them by the side of a lady dangerousl y ill , who was restored to health directly the true one was applied . Helena gave the nails and part of the Cross to her son , and placed another part with the inscription in a
church at Rome , which she then founded . According to some writers , Constantine placed one of the nails on the bridle of his war-horse , and one on his sword ; and the third was cast into a dangerous gulf of the sea to appease a storm . One of the nails with part of the Cross , and the spear of Charles the Greatformerlthat of Longus or
, y Longinus , were afterwards , according to Fabian , in the possession of Athelstan . Part of the Cross , with one or more of the nails , and the crown of thorns , are said to be at Notre Dame , in Paris . As may readily be supposed , the relics of the Holy Cross throughout the many churches which profess to be possessed of themwould far exceed
, its size if put together , but others must reconcile this incongruity . Longus , or Longinus , before mentioned , was the soldier , or knight , as some accounts call him , who pierced our Saviour ' s side .
" Longeus came with a long spere And claue his herte asonder . " He was blind at the time , but received his sight from part of the flow of blood and water touching them , and was converted in consequence , and sent to prison because he would not deny the miracle . One of the commissioners
for the suppression of monasteries , Dr . London , writes to Cromwell , in 1537 , of Reading Priory : — "I have sent uppe the principall relik of idolytrie within thys realme an aungell with oon wyng that browzt to Caversham the spere hedde that percyd our Saviour is syde upon the crosse . " This is one of the many proofs of ignorant superstition brought to
light by those commissioners , who , it must be remembered however , were not impartial men , and who sought to cast an unjust odium on genuine relics , where , by possibility any might exist . JAN . T