Definitions
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. In the early and medieval church, a small reliquary or a casket containing a miniature copy of the Gospels, worn hanging in front of the breast; an amulet: often in the shape of a cross.
- n. In the medieval church and in the present Greek Church, a bishop's pectoral cross.
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Examples
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The encolpion, which is a remarkable little piece of jewellery, 3 inches in height by 2.5 in breadth, has figures and inscriptions in niello and is believed to contain a fragment of the True Cross.
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It is thought that the encolpion may have been seized as booty hundreds of years ago and brought at that time to the West.
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Enamelled triptych ornament encolpion of Constantine proedros
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The encolpion would have been worn around the neck of the wearer.
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Of somewhat later date are the pewter flasks and a little golden cross, or encolpion, still preserved in the treasury of Monza, and identified with much probability as presents sent by Gregory the Great to Queen Theodolinda.
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As an example, we have a Byzantine encolpion, with a Greek inscription, which was erroneously thought to have been discovered in the Roman Catacombs in
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery
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Another of the gifts of this pope to the Lombard queen was a cruciform encolpion containing a portion of the True Cross.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy
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It is St. Gregory himself who enriches a little cross, destined to hang round the neck as an encolpion, with filings both from St. Peter's chains and from the gridiron of St. Laurence ( "Epist.",
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