Description

A lovely big antique-gold medal of St Benedict.

The medal measures 2.5cm diameter and is attached at two points to a strong brown cord.

The image of St Benedict is printed on the packaging card.

The Saint Benedict Medal is a sacramental medal containing symbols and text related to the life of Saint Benedict of Nursia, used by Roman Catholics, Lutherans, Western Orthodox, Anglicans and Methodists, in the Benedictine Christian tradition, especially votarists and oblates.

This religious object is also a Christian symbol of opening doors and opening difficult paths. Tradition holds that it protects from curses, evil and vice, protects against diseases and protects good health.

The reverse side of the medal carries the Vade retro satana (‘Begone, Satan!’) Sometimes carried as part of a rosary or embedded in a scapular, it is also worn separately.