Elene

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Elene is an Old English religious poem traditionally attributed to Cynewulf that recounts the legendary discovery of the True Cross by Saint Helena, mother of Emperor Constantine.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Old English poem
religious poem
approximateDateOfComposition 9th century
audience Christian laity in Anglo-Saxon England
monastic readers
author Cynewulf NERFINISHED
basedOn legend of the Invention of the Cross
character Judas Cyriacus NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin England
features runic signature of Cynewulf
genre hagiographic poetry
religious poetry
historicalFigureDepicted Emperor Constantine NERFINISHED
language Old English
literaryDevice biblical allusion
direct speech
dream vision motif
literaryForm alliterative verse
literaryLanguageStage Late West Saxon NERFINISHED
literaryMovement Old English Christian poetry
mainCharacter Emperor Constantine NERFINISHED
Saint Helena NERFINISHED
manuscript Vercelli Book NERFINISHED
meter alliterative meter
narrativeFocus quest for the True Cross
partOf Old English corpus
preservedIn Vercelli Book NERFINISHED
religiousFigureDepicted Jesus Christ NERFINISHED
Saint Helena NERFINISHED
religiousGenre legend of the Cross
religiousTradition Christianity
script Insular minuscule NERFINISHED
settingPeriod 4th century
settingPlace Jerusalem NERFINISHED
Roman Empire NERFINISHED
subject Emperor Constantine NERFINISHED
Saint Helena NERFINISHED
discovery of the True Cross NERFINISHED
theme conflict between paganism and Christianity
conversion to Christianity
divine providence
mission and pilgrimage
power of the Cross
tradition Anglo-Saxon literature NERFINISHED
traditionalAttribution Cynewulf NERFINISHED

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