Leo I: "The Cross of Christ"

“THE cross of Christ, which is granted for the salvation of mortals, is both a mystery and an example: a mystery by which the power of God is shown forth; an example, by which man’s devotion is aroused.”

~Pope St. Leo I:  Sermons, 72, 1.

Altar Cross, by Gian Lorenzo Bernini. Gilt bronze corpus on bronze cross,
1657-61; Treasury of San Pietro, Vatican.