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<p>[QUOTE="The Trachy Enjoyer, post: 7678771, member: 118358"]Agreed! I somehow left that out...After John’s death and the decline of Constantinople, it was said John III would rise again (as a mirror of Christ), to shepherd the people of his empire back to prosperity</p><p><br /></p><p>Wiki says (better than I could) “The legend states that since that time, he has been awaiting the liberation of Constantinople. It also states that the holy king has his sword with him in its sheath, and that each year the blade of the sword emerges a few millimeters, until the time comes for the entire sword to emerge completely, which will signify the time for the liberation of the City”[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="The Trachy Enjoyer, post: 7678771, member: 118358"]Agreed! I somehow left that out...After John’s death and the decline of Constantinople, it was said John III would rise again (as a mirror of Christ), to shepherd the people of his empire back to prosperity Wiki says (better than I could) “The legend states that since that time, he has been awaiting the liberation of Constantinople. It also states that the holy king has his sword with him in its sheath, and that each year the blade of the sword emerges a few millimeters, until the time comes for the entire sword to emerge completely, which will signify the time for the liberation of the City”[/QUOTE]
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