Împāratii Constantin si mama sa Elena, 21 Mai

A sign imposed on the sun - a monogram of Christ's - the letterw CH and R (the ChiRho).

Constantin had been born the son of a common soldier. His father, Flavius Constantius, rose through the ranks to become one of four emperors, ruling jointly. When his father died, in 306, Constantin was in the extreme north-west of the empire, at York, in England. The Roman soldiers acclaimed the young man emperor in the father's place; and six years later he was in position to march on Rome, to capture it from one of his rivals. Like many other aspiring emperors, he worshipped the sun - and hoped to borrow some of its strength. But one day, as he was in the Italian countryside marching south, he saw a sign imposed on the son - a monogram of the letters  CH and R ( the ChiRho), and the words "In hoc signo vinces" (In this sigh shall you conquer). It was a message from the god of the Christians.
When he captured the city of Rome, Constantine decided that he had found his patron. And so had the Chrisians. (Bamber Gascoigne)

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