18th Century Anastasius of Persia Protection from Demons Disease Premature Death For Sale

The Back of this medal translated says:

“The image of Saint Anastasius the Persian Martyr whosepresents drives away demons and death. As written in the acts of the council.”

Imago s anast mon et mart cvivs aspec fvgaridaenmon morbosq

Repe acta concilli nit e

Martyred in 1628, Saint Anastasius was promised hisfreedom if he would only say, “I am not a Christian.” The holy martyr replied,“I will never deny my Lord before you or anyone else, neither openly nor evenwhile asleep. No one can compel me to do this while I am in my right mind.”Then by order of the emperor Chozroes, Saint Anastasius was strangled, thenbeheaded. After the death of Chozroes, the relics of the Monk Martyr Anastasiuswere transferred to Palestine, to the Anastasius monastery.

This medal is 2 inches long and weighs 36 grams. Its sale will benefit two Carmelite Convents who feed poor kids in South America.

All our listed items are original Christian devotionals.Some may have been cleaned or polished before their arrival, by their lastcaretaker. Please note that medal prices vary, based on scarcity, condition,age, and appearance.

This medal is from the vast estate collection of CatholicBishop George Guertin. He was a collector of rare original Vatican mint medals,from the 18th century; this medal was from his collection and was acquired in1932 by the last caretaker. All the Bishops medals came directly from Vaticanclergy friends; some were never issued to the public or show little signs ofwear as they came from Convents and monasteries in Italy before the start ofWWII.

This medals dating can be confirmed on pages 2 & 3 ofthe book AN INTRODUCTION TO RELIGIOUS MEDALS, by Bob Forrest, and published byNUMISMATICA INTERNATIONAL in 2004. In addition, this book has chapters(outlined in the table of contents), describing each of the categories ofmedals, 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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