SELECTIONS FROM THE ELENE

[Critical edition: Holthausen, _Kynewulf's Elene_, Heidelberg, 1905.

Translation: Kennedy, _The Poems of Cynewulf_, pp. 87 ff.; Kemble, _The

Poetry of the Codex Vercelliensis_, with an English translation, London,

1856.

Source: _Acta Sanctorum_ for May 4.

The first passage describes the vision of the cross by the Emperor

Constantine, the second the finding of the true cross by his mother,

Helena, in Old English, "Elene."

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