The Canterbury Cross is one of the crosses that are used to symbolise the Christian faith. It is so called because it was designed after an Anglo-Saxon brooch, dating c. 850 that was found in 1867 in Canterbury, England.[1][2]
- ^ Brent, J. (1860). Canterbury in the olden time, pl xvii 1 (2nd ed.). p. 47.
- ^ Jane Alexander (2009). The Body, Mind, Spirit Miscellany: The Ultimate Collection of Fascinations, Facts, Truths, and Insights. Sterling Publishing Company, Inc. p. 42. ISBN 978-1-84483-837-0.