Proper noun
Cruce (plural Cruces)
A surname.
Wojtyła earned a licence in July 1947, passed his doctoral exam on 14 June 1948, and successfully defended his doctoral thesis titled Doctrina de fide apud S. Ioannem a Cruce (The Doctrine of Faith in St. John of the Cross ) in philosophy on 19 June 1948. Source: Internet
It describes Pius IX as Crux de Cruce, Cross of the cross. Source: Internet
While recovering, Cruce was told he was to be given the Purple Heart. Source: Internet