Edict of Milan

E5870

The Edict of Milan was a 313 CE proclamation by the Roman emperors Constantine and Licinius that granted religious tolerance throughout the empire and effectively legalized Christianity.

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Label Occurrences
Edict of Milan canonical 28
313 Edict of Milan 1
Edict of Toleration of 311 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical document ⓘ
imperial edict ⓘ
legal decree ⓘ
addressedTo provincial governors ⓘ
appliesTo Roman Empire ⓘ
associatedWith Christian Church ⓘ
linked to: Christianity

Constantine the Great ⓘ
Licinius ⓘ
category 313 in the Roman Empire ⓘ
Christianity in the Roman Empire ⓘ
Roman law ⓘ
coAuthor Constantine the Great ⓘ
Licinius ⓘ
date 313 CE ⓘ
effect end of official persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire ⓘ
legalization of Christianity ⓘ
recognition of Christianity as a lawful religion ⓘ
restoration of confiscated Christian property ⓘ
followedBy Council of Nicaea ⓘ
granted religious tolerance ⓘ
hasType religious toleration edict ⓘ
historicalContext Tetrarchy crisis ⓘ
historicalPeriod Late Antiquity ⓘ
influenced later Christianization of the Roman Empire ⓘ
subsequent European concepts of religious tolerance ⓘ
issuedBy Constantine the Great ⓘ
Licinius ⓘ
issuedByTitle Roman emperors ⓘ
language Latin ⓘ
legalForm imperial rescript ⓘ
legalStatusGrantedTo Christianity ⓘ
locationContext Mediolanum ⓘ
linked to: Milan
placeOfIssue Milan ⓘ
policy religious freedom ⓘ
predecessor Edict of Toleration of 311 ⓘ
linked to: Edict of Milan
principle freedom of worship ⓘ
non-coercion in religion ⓘ
regionOfPromulgation Eastern Roman Empire ⓘ
linked to: Byzantine Empire

Western Roman Empire ⓘ
relatedEvent Battle of the Milvian Bridge ⓘ
Diocletianic Persecution ⓘ
religionsCovered Christianity ⓘ
other cults of the Roman Empire ⓘ
significance foundation for Christian–imperial relations ⓘ
milestone in the development of religious liberty ⓘ
turning point in the history of Christianity ⓘ
year 313 ⓘ

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Referenced by (30)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Roman Empire → keyEvent → Edict of Milan ⓘ
Edict of Milan → predecessor → Edict of Toleration of 311 ⓘ
linked to: Edict of Milan
Constantine the Great → knownFor → Edict of Milan ⓘ
Constantine the Great → issued → Edict of Milan ⓘ
Diocletianic Persecution → endedBy → Edict of Milan ⓘ
Licinius → signedDocument → Edict of Milan ⓘ
Constantinian dynasty → significantEvent → Edict of Milan ⓘ
Constantinus Magnus → notableEvent → Edict of Milan ⓘ
Constantinus Magnus → issued → Edict of Milan ⓘ
Edict of Toleration by Galerius → successor → 313 Edict of Milan ⓘ
linked to: Edict of Milan
House of Constantine → significantEvent → Edict of Milan ⓘ
Battle of Cibalae → relatedTo → Edict of Milan ⓘ
late Roman Christianity → recognizedBy → Edict of Milan ⓘ
Constantine the Great → notableFor → Edict of Milan ⓘ
subject linked to: Saint Constantine
Constantine the Great → issued → Edict of Milan ⓘ
subject linked to: Saint Constantine
Pope Miltiades → associatedWithEvent → Edict of Milan ⓘ
Constantine I → issued → Edict of Milan ⓘ
Constantinian period → hasKeyEvent → Edict of Milan ⓘ
History of Milan → includesEvent → Edict of Milan ⓘ
Dominate → legalMilestone → Edict of Milan ⓘ
subject linked to: Dominate (Roman Empire)
Saint Sylvester → associatedWith → Edict of Milan ⓘ