 Edict of Serdica

The Edict of Serdica, also called Edict of Toleration by Galerius, was issued in 311 in Serdica (today Sofia, Bulgaria) by the Roman emperor Galerius, officially ending the Diocletianic persecution of Christianity in the East.The Edict implicitly granted Christianity the status of "religio licita", a worship recognized and accepted by the Roman Empire.