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The Santa Cruz de Mayo is the remnant of a feast for the Holy Cross that was once widely observed in Christendom. The cross was not the earliest Christian symbol. The early Christians used the fish as a symbol because its Greek name ichtus formed a monogram of the initial letters of the words Jesus Christ, Son of God, Saviour. The cross became an important symbol only in the 4th century, when Constantine on his march to Rome, saw a luminous cross in the sky with the motto In hoc vinces, by this (sign) conquer.
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[Title] => Santa Cruz de Mayo - ROSES AND THORNS by Alejandro R. Roces
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By ROSES AND THORNS | By Alejandro R. Roces | May 8, 2001 - 12:00am
May 8, 2001 - 12:00am