Constantine and Licinius grant Christianity legal toleration and restore its confiscated property; the church steps from proscription to imperial favor.
Tagged: Christian
The Event
- Date
- 313 (exact)
- Also called
- Peace of the Church
- Era
- Patristic; Standard ecumenical periodization
- Location
- Milan
- Traditions
- Christianity
- Key figures
- Constantine, Licinius
- Key texts
- Lactantius, On the Deaths of the Persecutors 48
Primary Sources
- Lactantius, On the Deaths of the Persecutors 48
- Eusebius, Ecclesiastical History 10.5
Secondary Sources
- Chadwick, The Early Church (Penguin, 1967)
Provenance: HIST-0012; confidence 0.95; accessed 2026-10-26.
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