ANTIQUE 18TH. CENTURY THE PROPHET ST. ELIJAH ST. & TERESA OF AVILA BRONZE MEDAL For Sale

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. Here on consignment for salefrom one of the convents we work with is an 18th century nun's rosary-belt-clipmedal. The Prioress wrote to tell us that a small catch of these medals wasrecently discovered in one of their storage rooms. Their sale will help theircommunity during these troubled times.

Teresa of Ávila, (28 March 1515 -- 4 or 15 October 1582),also called Saint Teresa of Jesus, was a Spanish Carmelite nun and prominentSpanish mystic and religious reformers.

Elijah is honored on July 20; he is the patron of theCarmelite Order. This medal is 2 inches hanging length and it weighs 27 grams.It is a large medal that would have hung from the nun's leather belt-clip.

This medals dating can be confirmed on pages 2 and 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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