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Only the wisest know that the cross is the symbol of the Lord in Heaven, Jesus Christ. Constantine is baptized and becomes a devout Christian , due to his experience. He learns from the Bible how and where Christ was killed, so he orders Helen, his mother, to lead an army to the land of the Jews to find where the true cross is buried.
The phrase has also been translated as "But where are last year's snows?". [ 5 ] The ballade has been made into a song (using the original Middle French text) by French songwriter Georges Brassens , [ 6 ] and by the Czech composer Petr Eben , in the cycle Šestero piesní milostných (1951).
This poem reworks verses extracted from the work of Virgil to tell stories from the Old and New Testament of the Christian Bible. Much of the work focuses on the story of Jesus Christ. While scholars have proposed a number of hypotheses to explain why the poem was written, a definitive answer to this question remains elusive.
After having professed her vows in 1633, [6] she changed her name to Marie de L'Incarnation; [7] that Christmas, she recounted a powerful vision, which functioned as the catalyst for her mission to New France. In this mystical dream, Guyart saw herself walking hand in hand with a fellow laywoman against the backdrop of a foreign landscape.
Pope Joan (Ioannes Anglicus, 855–857) is a woman who purportedly reigned as pope for two years during the Middle Ages. [1] Her story first appeared in chronicles in the 13th century and subsequently spread throughout Europe.
The poem is composed of 61 stanzas that begins with the introduction of Christine. It has been translated into English by Renate Blumenfeld-Kosinski.The prologue is composed of 12 stanzas, followed by 46 stanzas which comprise the main story, and ending with stanzas 60 and 61, which serve as a conclusion.
The Christiad (Latin Christias) is an epic poem in six cantos on the life of Jesus Christ by Marco Girolamo (Marcus Hieronymus) Vida modeled on Virgil. It was first published in Cremona in 1535 (see 1535 in poetry). [1] According to Watson Kirkconnell, the Christiad, "was one of the most famous poems of the Early Renaissance".
It is realised afterwards that the stranger was Jesus Christ. A convent was built on the spot of the miracle. In the second half of the story, the narrator visits the convent's church in Flanders in 1830 just after the July Revolution. When he is there he has a vision of meeting an old woman in the church.