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The Discovery of the “True Cross” Of Jesus Christ

And how it propelled a family to historic greatness

6 min readNov 17, 2021

Saint Helena with the True Cross (Public domain)

What happened to the cross that Jesus Christ was crucified on? It is a question that has been asked by many people over a period of thousands of years. Many fragments have appeared in the possession of great kings, churches, and religious leaders over the centuries but there are no definitive remnants of the cross left today.

And that makes sense.

When Jesus was killed, the Romans went about business as usual. Crucifixion was a common way for people to be killed in the ancient world. After Jesus was pronounced dead, the Roman soldiers would have simply taken down the cross-beams and disposed of them. They were bloody, used up, and made of wood. there was no shortage of replacement crosses and at the time of his death, Jesus was not the remarkable figure he is today.

Despite that, there is one claim to the discovery of the true cross of Christ that is seemingly legitimate. Empress Helena of Rome is the one credited with finding the best case for the true cross of Christ in history.

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Empress Helena was born in 248CE to a nonremarkable family. Modern fiction writers would call her of low birth. She…

When you state that Helena went to Palestine and was spreading money around in an attempt to find the cross, that in itself makes you wonder from the get-go. Then there’s the 300 year gap, the poverty surely in an area that was razed centuries…

Excellent researched piece‼️ Have you discovered what the true shape of the cross was, rather than the tall T shape that seems prevalent in paintings? There exists a theory that it was a simple X.