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Celtic cross

I recently photographed this cross in the "Miners Cemetery" near Galena, Illinois. I'm hoping someone here can tell me the significance of "Ihs?" I think the cross is really beautiful....

Thanks, Silvia Pettem

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wrwoolley

Apr 21, 2023

Using Biblical Greek, it's a monogram, of sorts, for Jesus Christ. https://simple.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christogram_IHS

wrwoolley

Apr 21, 2023

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It's worth noting that my sweetheart's great great grandfather, Anthony Hosking Odgers, was a miner who died in a mine accident in Hibernia, N.J., in 1880, and was among a couple dozen miners unceremoniously interred in a marker-less potter's field on a margin of the cemetery at the First Presbyterian Church of Rockaway, N.J. Remarkably, a document was discovered, by the current church sexton, that indicated exactly where each miner was buried. It's a sobering spot to visit and points out the disregard miners and their families faced, due to their relatively low socio-economic status. You've gotten me thinking about a way in which I might be able to memorialize them with some sort of marker. Thanks for your posts!