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triumphale_n signum_fw-la honoravit_fw-la and_o again_o in_o qua_fw-la parte_fw-la istud_fw-la crucis_fw-la vexillum_fw-la visum_fw-la fuit_fw-la host_n fugam_fw-la capere_fw-la victores_fw-la persequi_fw-la quâ_fw-la re_fw-la intellect_n â_fw-la imperator_fw-la sicubi_fw-la partem_fw-la aliquam_fw-la svi_fw-la exercitus_fw-la languentem_fw-la cernebat_fw-la ibi_fw-la salutare_fw-la illud_fw-la vexillum_fw-la tanquam_fw-la quoddam_fw-la subsidium_fw-la ad_fw-la victoriam_fw-la obtinendam_fw-la locari_fw-la mandavit_fw-la cujus_fw-la adjumentis_fw-la extemplò_fw-la parta_fw-la est_fw-la victoria_fw-la quip_n dimicantium_fw-la vires_fw-la divina_fw-la quadam_fw-la potenti_fw-la â_fw-la sure_a admodum_fw-la confirmatae_fw-la l._n 2._o c._n 7._o civitatem_fw-la multis_fw-la templis_fw-la in_o honorem_fw-la martyrum_fw-la illustrissimisque_fw-la aedibus_fw-la sacris_fw-la adornavit_fw-la l._n 3._o c._n 47._o cum_fw-la parva_fw-la quaedam_fw-la sella_fw-la ex_fw-la auro_fw-la fabrificata_fw-la illi_fw-la esset_fw-la loco_fw-la posita_fw-la non_fw-la prius_fw-la consedit_fw-la quam_fw-la episcopi_fw-la ad_fw-la id_fw-la annuissent_fw-la l._n 3._o c._n 10._o apostolorum_fw-la templum_fw-la ad_fw-la perpetuam_fw-la illorum_fw-la memoriam_fw-la conseruandam_fw-la aedificare_fw-la caepit_fw-la l._n 4._o c._n 58._o in_o oportunum_fw-la ventura_fw-la mortis_fw-la diem_fw-la hic_fw-la locum_fw-la sibi_fw-la provida_fw-la dispensatione_fw-la designavit_fw-la ut_fw-la defunctus_fw-la quoque_fw-la precationum_fw-la quae_fw-la ibidem_fw-la essent_fw-la ad_fw-la apostolorum_fw-la gloriam_fw-la offerendae_fw-la particeps_fw-la efficeretur_fw-la l._n 4._o c._n 60._o sacerdotes_fw-la alii_fw-la qui_fw-la horum_fw-la nihil_fw-la poterant_fw-la efficere_fw-la incruentis_fw-la consecrationibus_fw-la divinum_fw-la numen_fw-la placabant_fw-la &_o supplices_fw-la deo_fw-la preces_fw-la offerebant_fw-la pro_fw-la communi_fw-la pace_fw-la pro_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la dei_fw-la ipsoque_fw-la imperatore_fw-la l._n 4._o c._n 45._o humi_fw-la procumbens_fw-la genibus_fw-la in_o ipsa_fw-la martyrum_fw-la aede_fw-la errata_fw-la sua_fw-la confessus_fw-la est_fw-la etc._n etc._n adhuc_fw-la quidem_fw-la licet_fw-la contemplari_fw-la ter_z beatae_fw-la animae_fw-la tumulum_fw-la divinis_fw-la ceremoniis_fw-la &_o mystico_fw-la sacrificio_fw-la sanctarumque_fw-la precationum_fw-la societate_fw-la perfrui_fw-la l._n 4._o c._n 61._o 71._o thus_o zozoman_n tabernaculum_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la figuram_fw-la exprimens_fw-la cum_fw-la contra_fw-la host_n praelio_fw-la contenderet_fw-la secum_fw-la circumferre_fw-la consuevit_fw-la imperator_fw-la constantinus_n ad_fw-la eum_fw-la sinem_fw-la uti_fw-la neque_fw-la sibi_fw-la in_o soiitudine_fw-la agenti_fw-la neque_fw-la exercitui_fw-la deesset_fw-la aedes_fw-la sacra_fw-la etc._n etc._n sacerdotes_fw-la &_o diaconi_fw-la tabernaculum_fw-la assiduè_fw-la secuti_fw-la sunt_fw-la l._n 1._o c._n 8._o antonium_n magum_fw-la illum_fw-la monachus_fw-la in_o solitudinibus_fw-la aegypti_n magnâ_fw-la cum_fw-la nominis_fw-la &_o famae_fw-la celebritate_fw-la vitam_fw-la degentem_fw-la constantinus_n imperator_fw-la propter_fw-la ejus_fw-la virtutis_fw-la splendorem_fw-la sibi_fw-la amicum_fw-la fecit_fw-la literas_fw-la honorificè_fw-la scriptas_fw-la ad_fw-la eum_fw-la misit_fw-la l._n 1._o c._n 13._o jussit_fw-la constantinus_n ut_fw-la conciliorum_fw-la decisiones_fw-la firmae_fw-la &_o immutabiles_fw-la existerent_fw-la l._n 1._o c._n 9_o mihi_fw-la verò_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la fas_fw-la cum_fw-la homo_fw-la sim_fw-la ejusmodi_fw-la causarum_fw-la cognitionem_fw-la arrogare_fw-la l._n 1._o c._n 16._o sanctae_fw-la cruci_fw-la plurimum_fw-la tribuit_fw-la honoris_fw-la tum_fw-la propter_fw-la subsidia_fw-la in_o bello_fw-la contra_fw-la host_n gerendo_fw-la ex_fw-la ejus_fw-la virtute_fw-la sibi_fw-la allatâ_fw-la tum_fw-la propter_fw-la divinam_fw-la sibi_fw-la de_fw-la câ_fw-la oblatam_fw-la visionem_fw-la l._n 1._o c._n 8._o thus_o the_o other_o father_n crucis_fw-la characterâ—_n basilicae_fw-la dedicantur_fw-la altaria_fw-la consecrantur_fw-la aug._n serm_n 19_o de_fw-la sanctis_fw-la bed_n l._n 1._o c._n 30._o l._n 5._o c._n 4._o constantinus_n imperator_fw-la sanctas_fw-la reliquias_fw-la andreae_n lucae_n &_o timothei_n transtulit_fw-la constantinopolin_n ad_fw-la quas_fw-la daemon_n rugiunt_fw-la hieron_n contra_fw-la vig._n nam_n &_o ipse_fw-la qui_fw-la purpuram_fw-la inductus_fw-la est_fw-la accedit_fw-la illa_fw-la amplexus_fw-la sepulchra_fw-la &_o fastu_fw-la deposito_fw-la stat_fw-la sanctis_fw-la supplicaturus_fw-la ut_fw-la pro_fw-la se_fw-la ad_fw-la deum_fw-la intercedat_fw-la chrys._n hom_n 26._o in_o ep_n 2._o cor._n de_fw-fr observatione_fw-la paschae_fw-la domini_fw-la constitutum_fw-la est_fw-la in_o hac_fw-la synodo_fw-la ut_fw-la uno_fw-la