ANTIQUE 18TH CENTURY ST. IGNATIUS OF LOYOLA & ST. FRANCIS XAVIER ROSARY MEDAL for Sale

ANTIQUE 18TH CENTURY ST. IGNATIUS OF LOYOLA & ST. FRANCIS XAVIER ROSARY MEDAL For Sale

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ANTIQUE 18TH CENTURY ST. IGNATIUS OF LOYOLA & ST. FRANCIS XAVIER ROSARY MEDAL:
$99.99

Please click theVISIT STORE link on the right of this page to see more hidden gems! Here fromone of the Carmelite convents we work with is a rare 18th century bronze ROSARYmedal minted in Rome. 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. Measures approximately 3/4inches and weighs 3 grams.

Saint Ignatius ofLoyola (c. 23 October 1491 -- 31 July 1556) was a Spanish Basque Catholicpriest and theologian, who founded the religious order called the Society ofJesus (Jesuits) and became its first Superior General at Paris in 1541. TheJesuit order served the Pope as missionaries, and they were bound by a vow ofspecial obedience to the sovereign pontiff regarding the missions. Theytherefore emerged as an important force during the time of theCounter-Reformation. Ignatius is remembered as a talented spiritual director.He recorded his method in a celebrated treatise called the Spiritual Exercises,a simple set of meditations, prayers, and other mental exercises, firstpublished in 1548. Ignatius was beatified in 1609, and then canonized, receivingthe title of Saint on 12 March 1622.

Francis Xavier,S.J. (7 April 1506 -- 3 December 1552), was a Roman Catholic missionary, whowas a co-founder of the Society of Jesus. Born in Javier was a companion ofSaint Ignatius of Loyola and one of the first seven Jesuits who took vows ofpoverty and chastity at Montmartre, Paris, in 1534. He led an extensive missioninto Asia, mainly in the Portuguese Empire of the time and was influential inevangelization work, most notably in India. He also was the first Christianmissionary to venture into Japan, Borneo, the Maluku Islands, and other areas.In those areas, struggling to learn the local languages and in the face ofopposition, he had less success than he had enjoyed in India. Xavier was aboutto extend his missionary preaching to China when he died on Changchun Island.He was beatified by Pope Paul V on 25 October 1619 and canonized by PopeGregory XV on 12 March 1622. In 1624 he was made co-patron of Navarre. Known asthe "Apostle of the Indies" and "Apostle of Japan", he isconsidered one of the greatest missionaries since Saint Paul.

This medalsdating can be confirmed on pages 2 & 3 of the book AN INTRODUCTION TORELIGIOUS MEDALS, by Bob Forrest, and published by NUMISMATICA INTERNATIONAL in2004.In addition, this book has chapters (outlined in the table of contents),describing each of the categories of medals, their possible place of pilgrimage(acquisition), and origin of the mint where they were made. We recommend thatanyone serious about collecting medals from this period acquire a copy of thisbook.

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