ITALY, SAINT BENEDICT 1880 Medal By S. JOHNSON 47mm 40.4g, Rare. BB2

Above the cup and raven are the words Crux sancti patris Benedicti ('The Cross of [our] Holy Father Benedict'). ('May we be strengthened by his presence in the hour of our death'), since Benedictines regarded him as a particular patron of a happy death.

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