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    The labarum (Greek: λάβαρον or λάβουρον) was a vexillum (military standard) that displayed the "Chi-Rho" symbol ☧, a christogram formed from the first...
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    The Cantabrian labarum (Cantabrian: lábaru cántabru or Spanish: lábaro cántabro) is a modern interpretation of the ancient military standard known by...
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    military standard (vexillum). Constantine's standard was known as the Labarum. Early symbols similar to the Chi Rho were the Staurogram () and the IX...
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  • Emperor Constantine the Great. A can be seen on his standard known as the Labarum. The rho with a stroke through its tail is used for abbreviations involving...
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    a folk etymology applied to the Latin labarum. However, Father Fidel Fita thought the relation reversed, labarum being adapted from Basque, under Augustus...
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    head of the emperor. This richly ornamented standard was called labarum. The labarum is still used today by the Eastern Orthodox Church in the Sunday...
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    banners or shields displaying various motifs such as the cross or the labarum. The use of the cross and images of Christ, the Virgin Mary and various...
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  • banners or shields displaying various motifs such as the cross or the labarum. Despite the abundance of pre-heraldic symbols in Byzantine society from...
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    legion; Draco, a cavalry standard later adopted also by infantry units; Labarum, personal ensign of emperor Constantine I, later adopted as army standard...
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    first two letters of the Greek χριστός, 'Christ'. It was displayed on the labarum military standard used by Constantine I in 312 AD. The IX monogram () is...
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  • Kagome crest Khamsa/Hamesh Hand/Hand of Fatima Khachkar Khanda Labarum Cantabrian labarum Labrys Lauburu Life Lingam Lotus Looped square Maltese Cross Mandala...
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    the sign against his enemies. Eusebius then continues to describe the labarum, the military standard used by Constantine in his later wars against Licinius...
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    recent times. However, there are some examples of its use: Cantabrian Labarum, Cantabria, Spain. Canting arms of the commune of Magenta, France. Flag...
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  • representing "Christ". Chi Rho also may refer to: ☧-bearing military banner labarum of fourth-century and later Roman emperors Chi Rho, chorus at Wake Forest...
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    Rood/Triumphal cross Summit Wayside Christograms, Chrismons Chi Rho IX monogram Labarum Signum manus Staurogram/Monogrammatic/Tau Rho See also Ankh Armenian eternity...
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    vexillum on imperial coins from the 4th century was sometimes shown as the Labarum, surmounted by or displaying the Chi-Rho monogram rather than just the...
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    goddess Victoria. Roman emperors used a banner similar in form called a labarum. It frequently bore upon it a representation of the emperor, sometimes...
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  • Headquarters, located in Neptune, New Jersey. The symbol of the fraternity is the labarum and men of Alpha Chi Rho are commonly called "Crows." Rev. Paul Ziegler...
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    under his talismanic Christian standard, the labarum. Licinius had developed a superstitious dread of the labarum and forbade his troops from attacking it...
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    1951 movie Quo Vadis. Christianity portal Awareness ribbon Chi Rho and Labarum Depictions of Jesus Eagle catching Fish Ichthus Christian Fellowship INRI...
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    heavenly sign and told him to make an army standard in the form of the labarum. Eusebius is vague about when and where these events took place, but it...
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    soldiers. Constantine used the Chi Rho on his standard and his coins showed a labarum with the Chi Rho killing a serpent. The use of a wreath around the Chi...
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    Rood/Triumphal cross Summit Wayside Christograms, Chrismons Chi Rho IX monogram Labarum Signum manus Staurogram/Monogrammatic/Tau Rho See also Ankh Armenian eternity...
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    as "Xmas", in speech and writing. Christogram Christmas controversies Labarum Names and titles of Jesus Xtal in science, an abbreviation for crystal...
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    the cross against his enemies. Eusebius then continues to describe the Labarum, the military standard used by Constantine in his later wars against Licinius...
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    Meletius' restoration as bishop. By September 363, Jovian restored the labarum ("Chi-Rho") as the army's standard and revoked the edicts of Julian against...
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    Biertan, in Transylvania, Romania. Made out of bronze in the shape of a Labarum, it has the Latin text EGO ZENOVIVS VOTVM POSVI, which can be approximately...
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    1845. In 2016, the Parliament of Cantabria also recognized the Cantabrian labarum as a symbol of the Cantabrian people, urging the institutions and civil...
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    A Constantine coin (c.337) showing his labarum spearing a serpent....
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    streamers attached. Most prominent among the early Byzantine flags was the labarum. In the surviving pictorial sources of the middle and later Empire, primarily...
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