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It could be either because later in life he seemed to have become more solely Christian or because he followed the custom of the time of pitting baptism off till close to death so that more sins are absolved.
Constantine had prepared for his death by secretly preparing a resting place in the Church of the Holy Apostles in Constantinople. had secretly prepared a final resting-place for himself.[Soon after Easter 337, Constantine fell seriously ill. He went to for hot spring near his mother's city (Helenopolis). it is said that when he realised that he was soon to die he became a catechumen (a person receiving instruction from a catechist in the principles of the Christian religion with a view to baptism(). He tired to get back to Constantinople, but made it only Nicomedia. He told the the bishops he hoped to be baptised in the River Jordan, like Christ, but asked to be batpised immediately promised to live a more Christian life should he live through his illness.
It seems that for part of his reign Constantine straddled Christianity and paganism. In 312 he decreed a dies solis (day of the sun) and made it a day of rest in honour to Sol Invicuts. Despite his support for the Christian churches, the had a statue of himself in the guise of Sol invictus/Apollo (the sun god) erected in Constantinople, which was inaugurated in 330. Later in his life he seemed to be more firmly in the Christian camp.
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