What significance do the letters "IHS" have in Catholicism?

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AB-Rich

According to the Catholic Encyclopedia, it's a monogram of the name of Jesus Christ: http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07649a.htm

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Joe Crook

It could be Iesous cHriStos (Latin: Jesus Christ) or possibly Iesus Hominum Salvator (Latin: Jesus, Savior of Men)

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ermint

Isis , Horus and Semiramus

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