The Holy Lance at Antioch
1098 · Event
Starving inside newly taken Antioch with a fresh Muslim army outside, the crusaders dig beneath the cathedral where a Provençal visionary says the Lance that pierced Christ lies — and find it. Fraud or providence, the army that marches out days later behind the relic routs a force twice its size.
On these timelines: The First Crusade, Crusades, The Levant, Master, Christianity
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