Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—E

Exaltation of the Cross

A feast held in the Roman Catholic Church, on September 14th, to commemorate the restoration of the cross to Calvary in 628. It had been carried away by Khosroes the Persian.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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