Editing Labarum (section)

==Later usage==
[[Image:Wurzach St Verena Kirchenfahnen Taufstein.jpg|thumb|left|Modern ecclesiastical labara (Southern Germany).]]
[[Image:Monomacho's crown - circa 1042 Budapest.JPG|thumb|right|The emperor [[Constantine IX Monomachos]] (centre panel of a Byzantine enamelled crown) holding a miniature labarum]]
A later Byzantine manuscript indicates that a jewelled labarum standard believed to have been that of Constantine was preserved for centuries, as an object of great veneration, in the imperial treasury at [[Constantinople]].<ref>Lieu and Montserrat p. 118. From a Byzantine life of Constantine (BHG 364) written in the mid to late ninth century.</ref> The labarum, with minor variations in its form, was widely used by the Christian Roman emperors who followed Constantine.

A miniature version of the labarum became part of the imperial regalia of [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] rulers, who were often depicted carrying it in their right hands.

The term "labarum" can be generally applied to any ecclesiastical banner, such as those carried in religious processions.

"The Holy Lavaro" were a set of early national Greek flags, blessed by the Greek Orthodox Church. Under these banners the Greeks united throughout the [[Greek revolution|Greek Revolution]] (1821), a war of liberation waged against the [[Ottoman Empire]].

Labarum also gives its name ([[Labaro]]) to a suburb of [[Rome]] adjacent to [[Prima Porta]], one of the sites where the 'Vision of Constantine' is placed by tradition.

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