Gifts for Cathedrals within the Empire
and in the United States of America

This eighth century “Canterbury Cross,” as it is now called, was
discovered some seventy years ago beneath one of the city
streets. It is in the form of a brooch, measuring two inches across.
In the centre of each arm of the cross
is sunk a silver panel containing an ornament of triangular shape,
known as a triquetra, and formed of three interlaced lobes.

DEDICATED BY THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY
at the
EMPIRE SERVICE IN CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL
ON 15th JUNE 1935

Latin inscription on bronze plate:
CRVCIS HANC IMAGINEM ANTIQVAE VIII
FORSAN SAECVLO IN CANTIA FABRICATAE
PETRAM VERO E MVRIS ECCLIAE XPI
CANTVAR DEPROMPTAM SIGNVM SALVTIS
AMICITIAE FIRMAMENTVM D. D. EIVSDEM ECCLIAE AMICI.
A.S. MCMXXXV

Translation:
This cross is a copy of one made perhaps in Kent in the eighth century. It is set in stone taken from the walls of Christ Church, Canterbury. As the emblem of Salvation and the earnest of friendship it was given to this Cathedral
by the Friends of Canterbury Cathedral A.D. 1935