I.H.S

—i.e. the Greek IHΣ, meaning IHΣoυζ (Jesus), the long e (H) being mistaken for a capital H, and the dash perverted into a cross. The letters being thus obtained, St. Bernardine of Siena, in 1347, hit upon the Latin anagram, Jesus Homʹinum Salvator. In Greek, Iησoυε ‘Hηετερoζ Σωτηρ. In German, Jesus Heiland Seligmacher. In English, Jesus Heavenly Saviour.