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Chapter L.—That he erected
Churches in Nicomedia, and in Other Cities.
Having thus embellished the city which bore his name, he next
distinguished the capital of Bithynia3283
| 3283 [Nicomedia, where Constantine had besieged Licinius, and compelled
him to surrender; in memory of which event he built this
church.—Bag.] | by the erection of a stately and
magnificent church, being desirous of raising in this city also, in
honor of his Saviour and at his own charges, a memorial of his victory
over his own enemies and the adversaries of God. He also decorated the
principal cities of the other provinces with sacred edifices of great
beauty; as, for example, in the case of that metropolis of the East
which derived its name from Antiochus, in which, as the head of that
portion of the empire, he consecrated to the service of God a church of
unparalleled size and beauty. The entire building was encompassed by an
enclosure of great extent, within which the church itself rose to a
vast elevation, being of an octagonal form, and surrounded on all sides
by many
chambers, courts, and upper and lower apartments; the whole richly
adorned with a profusion of gold, brass, and other materials of the
most costly kind.E.C.F. INDEX & SEARCH
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