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Constantine

Statue of Roman Emperor Constantine the Great, outside York Minster, sculpted by Philip Jackson MA FRBS FRSA, and unveiled in 1998.

The plaque on the base of the statue reads: "Constantine The Great 274 - 337

Near this place, Constantine the Great was proclaimed Roman Emperor in 306.

His recognition of the civil liberties of his Christian subjects, and his own conversion to the Faith, established the religious foundations of Western Christendom".

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