In hoc signo vinces is a Latin phrase that means "in this sign you shall conquer."

According to legend, Constantine the Great adopted this as a motto after his vision of a cross on the sky just before the Battle of Milvian Bridge against Maxentius in the year 312.

Cultural references

• This is the public motto of the Sigma Chi Fraternity.
• This is the public motto of the Wah Yan College, Hong Kong and Wah Yan College, Kowloon, two secondary schools in Hong Kong.
• The band Deadsy adopted this saying as their band manifesto.
• George Lincoln Rockwell, the founder of the American Nazi Party, wrote a political manifesto called In hoc signo vinces in 1960.
• It appears on the crest of Pall Mall cigarettes.
• It appears in Postal 2, accompanying a dollar symbol, on a statue, in front of the "Fee of America" building.

See also

• Labarum In hoc signo vinces

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