ANTIQUE ST. GABRIEL CATHOLIC HOLY FAMILY GRANDPARENTS TERESA OF AVILA MEDAL

All our listed items are original Christian devotionals.
Some may have been cleaned or polished before their arrival, by their last
caretaker. Their use is for personal devotion.
In the year 1622, the Carmelite Order’s “Motherhouse”
in Spain sent to Convents all over the world this medal (minted in ROME), to
commemorate the Canonization of Teresa of Avila; a Catholic Mystic, and a
legendary reformer of her Order, later known as the Discalced Carmelite Order.
This medal is 2 inches long and weighs 28 grams of
bronze. Bertha’s collection was acquired over her 80 years of collecting; some
came from convents, others from estate collections, while a few are said to
have come from Spanish Shipwrecks whose location has been lost to history.
This medals dating can be confirmed on pages 2 & 3 of
the book AN INTRODUCTION TO RELIGIOUS MEDALS, by Bob Forrest, and published by
NUMISMATICA INTERNATIONAL in 2004.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 that anyone serious about collecting medals from this period
acquire a copy of this book.
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