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All our listed items are original Christian devotionals.Some may have been cleaned or polished before their arrival, by their lastcaretaker. Their use is for personal devotion.
This medal is 1.5 inches long with a bale and 1.5 incheswithout the bale. It weighs 20 grams.
Benedict of Nursia OSB (c. 2 March 480 -- c. 21 March 547AD) is a Christian saint venerated in the Catholic Church, the Eastern OrthodoxChurch, the Oriental Orthodox Churches, the Anglican Communion and Old CatholicChurches. He is the patron saint of Europe. His devotional medal has an imageof Saint Benedict, holding the Holy Rule in his left hand and a cross in hisright. The shield to his right has the miraculous cross of Saint Benedict. Incenturies past this medal was said to help cast away the devil and evilspirits. This is the reason why it is called the exorcism medal.
St. Romuald (Latin: Romualdus; c. 951 -- traditionally 19June, c. 1025/27 AD) was the founder of the Camaldolese order and a majorfigure in the eleventh century "Renaissance of eremiticalasceticism". Romuald spent about 30 years traversing Italy, founding, andreforming monasteries and hermitages.
This medals dating can be confirmed, as we have on pages2 & 3 of the book AN INTRODUCTION TO RELIGIOUS MEDALS, by Bob Forrest, andpublished by NUMISMATICA INTERNATIONAL in 2004.In addition this book haschapters (outlined in the table of contents), describing each of the categoriesof medals, their possible place of pilgrimage (acquisition), and origin of themint where they were made. We recommend that anyone serious about collectingmedals from this period acquire a copy of this book.
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