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135
Hadrian builds a pagan temple on the probable site of Jesus' crucifixion and burial.
325-326
Roman Emperor Constantine sends his mother, Helena, and the bishop of Jerusalem, Macarius, to look for the tomb of Christ. Finding the purported spot under Hadrian's temple, Constantine orders a magnificent church to be built in its place.
614
A Persian army sacks Jerusalem and loots the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. |