0Title and greeting of Cyril's letter to the emperor Constantius II.
1Cyril offers the emperor, as his first letter from Jerusalem, not earthly gifts but news of a heavenly sign confirming his faith.
3Cyril reports the luminous cross seen over Golgotha on 7 May (351), which the whole city saw, and links it to Christ's prophecy of the sign of the Son of man.
4Cyril offers his first words from Jerusalem, the place of Christ's saving death, and prays for the emperor and his house.
7The letter closes with a prayer that God preserve the emperor, glorifying the Trinity.
Honoured by the Protestant, Catholic, and Orthodox traditions. Honoured as a saint or in a church calendar by: Protestant, Catholic, Orthodox.
Date
7 May 351 (probable) · Reports the cross of light seen over Jerusalem on 7 May, in the year Constantius became sole ruler of the East.
Written at
Jerusalem, Palestine
Addressed to
Emperor Constantius II
Language
Greek
Genre
letter
Reference system
section (Roman numerals of Migne; numerals lost in the scan OCR are inside the previous ref)
SBL abbreviation
Ep. Const.Not yet checked
Text from
J.-P. Migne, ed., Patrologiae cursus completus, series Graeca, vol. 33 (Paris, 1857) (Touttée's text); archive.org OCR of the printed volume (Printed edition (Migne, 1857-1866) in the public domain; OCR from archive.org)