Rood
![Hanging rood with no rood screen but with Mary (left) and John as attendant figures in Lye Church on the island of Gotland in Sweden](/Images/godic/202502/08/Gotland-Lye_kyrka_060758.jpg")
![Rood screen and rood in the abbey church of Wechselburg in Saxony](/Images/godic/202502/08/Wechselburg-Lettner0758.jpg")
![The 800-year-old cross in the Church of Stenkumla on Gotland shows the origin of the name Christus triumphans: the crucified figure wears a crown and](/Images/godic/202502/08/Gotland-Stenkumla-Kirche_090758.jpg")
![Rood cross on rood screen at Albi Cathedral, France](/Images/godic/202502/08/France_Albi_jube_cathedrale0758.jpg")
A rood or rood cross, sometimes known as a triumphal cross, is a cross or crucifix, especially the large Crucifixion set above the entrance to the chancel of a medieval church. Alternatively, it is a large sculpture or painting of the crucifixion of Jesus.