Statue of Constantine The Great, York

Statue of the Emperor Constantine the Great, York Minster, Minster Yard, York, England, UK

Photo about the statue of Constantine the first Christian Roman emperor. Located in York, England, UK, outside York Minster. Image of weathered, sculpture, english - 35077507

St. Constantine the Great, founder of the Christian city of Constantinople, gave extensive grants of land and property to the Church. He undertook a long-sighted program of Christianization for the whole of the Roman Empire. While he was baptized a Christian only on his deathbed, Constantine nevertheless was a genuinely important figure in Christian history and was revered as a saint

Constantine the Great is known for being the first Christian Roman Emperor.

Constantine the Great was a most important figure of Roman history and Christianity, yet there is a dark chapter in the emperor's reign.

Constantine the Great influenced European history and spread Christianity throughout the Roman Empire.

The Cross could not be decently mentioned amongst Romans, who looked upon it as an unlucky omen, and as Cicero says, not to be named by a freeman. However, the Emperor Constantine attributed his victory in the Quintian fields, near the bridge Milvius, to the Cross of the Christians, the inscription of which he caused […]