Elena e Costantino fra Milano e i luoghi santi

The relationships, both material and spiritual, between Milan and Jerusalem during the 4th century AD are described: the Christian restyling of Jerusalem, following Constantine's edict of Milan, and involving the construction of the church of the Holy Sepulchre; the presence of Jerusalem in pilgrims' reports, stopping in Milan (e.g., Itinerarium Burdigalense); the story of the discovery of the Holy Cross in Jerusalem by Saint Helena, as featuring in Ambrose's 'De obitu Theodosii' (395 AD).