Elene

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Elene is an Old English religious poem traditionally attributed to Cynewulf that recounts the legendary discovery of the True Cross by Saint Helena, mother of Emperor Constantine.

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Elene canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Old English poem ⓘ
religious poem ⓘ
approximateDateOfComposition 9th century ⓘ
audience Christian laity in Anglo-Saxon England ⓘ
monastic readers ⓘ
author Cynewulf ⓘ
basedOn legend of the Invention of the Cross ⓘ
character Judas Cyriacus ⓘ
countryOfOrigin England ⓘ
features runic signature of Cynewulf ⓘ
genre hagiographic poetry ⓘ
religious poetry ⓘ
historicalFigureDepicted Emperor Constantine ⓘ
linked to: Constantine I
language Old English ⓘ
literaryDevice biblical allusion ⓘ
direct speech ⓘ
dream vision motif ⓘ
literaryForm alliterative verse ⓘ
literaryLanguageStage Late West Saxon ⓘ
linked to: West Saxon dialect
literaryMovement Old English Christian poetry ⓘ
mainCharacter Emperor Constantine ⓘ
linked to: Constantine I

Saint Helena ⓘ
manuscript Vercelli Book ⓘ
meter alliterative meter ⓘ
narrativeFocus quest for the True Cross ⓘ
partOf Old English corpus ⓘ
preservedIn Vercelli Book ⓘ
religiousFigureDepicted Jesus Christ ⓘ
Saint Helena ⓘ
religiousGenre legend of the Cross ⓘ
religiousTradition Christianity ⓘ
script Insular minuscule ⓘ
linked to: Insular script
settingPeriod 4th century ⓘ
settingPlace Jerusalem ⓘ
Roman Empire ⓘ
subject Emperor Constantine ⓘ
linked to: Constantine I

Saint Helena ⓘ
discovery of the True Cross ⓘ
theme conflict between paganism and Christianity ⓘ
conversion to Christianity ⓘ
divine providence ⓘ
mission and pilgrimage ⓘ
power of the Cross ⓘ
tradition Anglo-Saxon literature ⓘ
traditionalAttribution Cynewulf ⓘ

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