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Constantine the Great
A.D. 274 - 337
Proclaimed Roman Emperor in York A.D. 306



Near this place, Constantine the Great was proclaimed Roman Emperor in 306. His recognition of the civil liberties of his Christian subjects, and his own conversion to the Faith, established the religious foundations of Western Christendom.



This status was provided by the York Civic Trust and unveiled by the Rt Revd. and Rt Hon. Lord Coggan D.D., former Archbishop of York and of Canterbury, on 25 July 1998.