Croix d'Occis, Warnant
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A cross of occis is a small stone monument, in the shape of a cross, generally erected at ground level at the edge of a road or path, at the exact spot where a person died, often violently (criminally or perpetrated). accident). Very often an inscription, engraved in the stone or engraved on the cross, of variable length, recalls the memory of the missing person and sometimes the circumstances of his death.
A cross, which never contains the figure of Christ (it is not a crucifix), is not directly associated with the Christian religion and is not in itself a Christian monument.
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•October 17, 2022
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