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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. Kindly look at all the pictures.The pictures take precedence over the written description when in conflict withit. Please double click the picture as there are many other pictures behind itthat will appear. These are devotional medals from Convents we work with aswell as donor collector estates that have gifted their medals to us to help theconvents we work with.
This medal arrived today on consignment from one of theconvents we work with in South America. It is 1.75 inches hanging length and itweighs 16 grams of bronze. It dates from the 18th century. Our Lady of GoodCounsel is a title given to the Blessed Virgin Mary, after a painting said tobe miraculous, now found in the thirteenth century Augustinian church atGenazzano, near Rome, Italy. Over the centuries, devotions to Our Lady of theGood Counsel grew among saints and Popes, to the extent that a reference to itwas added to the Litany of Loreto and the devotion spread throughout the world.Her feast day is April 26.
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 the mintwhere they were made. We recommend that anyone serious about collecting medalsfrom this period acquires a copy of this book.
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