{"id":209,"date":"2022-02-18T15:39:55","date_gmt":"2022-02-18T15:39:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/?p=209"},"modified":"2022-02-24T00:51:56","modified_gmt":"2022-02-24T00:51:56","slug":"celtic-cross","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/celtic-cross\/","title":{"rendered":"Celtic Cross"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"182\" src=\"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/celtic-cross-Celtic-Symbol.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2712\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>A Celtic cross is a symbol made up of a cross and a ring that surrounds the intersection. Although it has ancient, pre-Christian origins, the emblem is connected with Celtic Christianity. Crosses like these are a common sight in Celtic art. A high cross, often known as an Irish Cross, is a standing Celtic cross built of stone and frequently elaborately adorned. The early Coptic church may have been the source of Celtic crosses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>The Celtic cross is said to have been introduced by Saint Patrick or possibly Saint Declan during his time of converting the pagan Irish in Ireland.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Celtic cross is a symbol made up of a cross and a ring that surrounds the intersection. Although it has ancient, pre-Christian origins, the emblem is connected with Celtic Christianity. Crosses like these are a common sight in Celtic art. A high cross, often known as an Irish Cross, is a standing Celtic cross &#8230; <a title=\"Celtic Cross\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/celtic-cross\/\" aria-label=\"More on Celtic Cross\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=209"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2713,"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209\/revisions\/2713"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}