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"In Hoc Signo Vinces" was taken from a vision of the Emperor
Constantine in about the year 310. At the Battle of Milvian Bridge,
Constantine's army was fiercely outnumbered by the contending
emperor Maxentius. On the evening before the battle, Constantine
saw a Cross emblazoned on the horizon with the words
"In Hoc Signo Crucis Vinces" surrounding it. He immediately set
to work placing the cross on the shields of everyone in his army.
The next day Constantine swept the enemy into the Tiber River,
and entered victoriously into Rome! It was this incident that blazed
the trail for the Edict of Milan in 313, which ended the persecutions
against the Catholics, and gave them the legal right to worship publicly.
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In hoc signo vinces (Classical Latin: [ɪn hoːk ˈsɪŋnoː ˈwɪŋkeːs]; Ecclesiastical Latin: [in ɔk ˈsiɲɲo ˈvintʃes]) is a Latin phrase meaning "In this sign you will conquer."