No it was a Roman custom that the person who was going to be crucified should carry his own cross.
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Some scripture, and most tradition, tells us that the Romans laid Jesus' cross on a Cyrenian named Simon.
St. John of the Cross was born on June 24, 1542.
Society of St. John of the Cross was created in 2002.
St. Teresa of Avila was St. John of the Cross's spiritual director.
St. John of the Cross was a Christian Mystic, who was well devoted to Christ.
No John the Babtist was beheaded long ago by king herod . And it was the John the disciple who was at the cross.
Alfred Charles Phillips has written: 'The fallen cross, St. John's cross, Isle of Iona' -- subject(s): St. John's cross, Iona, Cross and crosses
Saint John of the Cross died on December 14, 1591 at the age of 49.
The saint who stood with Mary at the foot of the cross was St. John the Apostle. He is often referred to as "the disciple whom Jesus loved" and was entrusted by Jesus to care for his mother, Mary, as he died on the cross.
Elizabeth Matthew has written: 'St John of the Cross'
No, the only apostle at the foot of the cross was St. John.
The cross of St. George.
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