HOLYROOD

Holyrood

The Holyrood or Holy Rood is a Christian relic considered to be part of the True Cross on which Jesus died. The word derives from the Old English rood, meaning a cross, or from the Scots haly ruid . Several relics venerated as part of the True Cross are known by this name, in England, Ireland and Scotland.

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