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Processional Cross
Not on view
Revered among Eastern Christians, Saint Sabas (439–532) led a great monastic movement: at the still-extant monastery he founded near Jerusalem, monks lived in solitude during the week but came together for services and provisions at week’s end. This cross is a celebration of the rich tradition of desert monasticism: Saint Sabas’s portrait is in the center of the reverse side, and the saints on the arms are other holy monks of the region.