Cross form
Patriarchal cross
Also: archiepiscopal cross · crux gemina · two-barred cross
Drawing under review. New Atlas drawing (22 October 2026) of the documented form; it awaits review.
Form
Two crossbars, the upper one shorter (the inscription plaque).
When it is documented
Not dated here.
Context
Related forms such as the Cross of Lorraine are not traced here.
Links in the Atlas
No matching tradition. This form is not the sign of one church, saint or order in the Atlas, and none is assigned to it.
Sources and how they were checked
Two crossbars, the upper shorter; names.
Wikipedia, “Christian cross variants” — Patriarchal cross · checked 2026-10-21 (tertiary reference)
Not yet known or sourced
- No dated earliest example is recorded here.
- No Atlas tradition uses it as a sign.