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ANTIQUE 18th CENTURY CATHOLIC ST. HELEN GUADALUPE SHRINE PILGRIMAGE BRONZE MEDAL
ANTIQUE 18th CENTURY CATHOLIC ST. HELEN GUADALUPE SHRINE PILGRIMAGE BRONZE MEDAL
ANTIQUE 18th CENTURY CATHOLIC ST. HELEN GUADALUPE SHRINE PILGRIMAGE BRONZE MEDAL
ANTIQUE 18th CENTURY CATHOLIC ST. HELEN GUADALUPE SHRINE PILGRIMAGE BRONZE MEDAL
ANTIQUE 18th CENTURY CATHOLIC ST. HELEN GUADALUPE SHRINE PILGRIMAGE BRONZE MEDAL
ANTIQUE 18th CENTURY CATHOLIC ST. HELEN GUADALUPE SHRINE PILGRIMAGE BRONZE MEDAL
ANTIQUE 18th CENTURY CATHOLIC ST. HELEN GUADALUPE SHRINE PILGRIMAGE BRONZE MEDAL
ANTIQUE 18th CENTURY CATHOLIC ST. HELEN GUADALUPE SHRINE PILGRIMAGE BRONZE MEDAL

ANTIQUE 18th CENTURY CATHOLIC ST. HELEN GUADALUPE SHRINE PILGRIMAGE BRONZE MEDAL

$ 39.59

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  • Country/Region of Manufacture: Holy See (Vatican City State)
  • Modified Item: No
  • Handmade: No
  • Religion: Christianity
  • Condition: 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. Kindly look at all of the pictures. The pictures take precedence over the written description when in conflict with it

    Description

    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.
    This is a pilgrimage medal from the Basilica of Our lady of Guadalupe in Mexico. Its size is 1.5 inches. It is one of a handful of pilgrimage site medals, all from the private estate collection of Bertha, the founder of Church-Woman Antique.
    The story of the 1531 Guadalupe apparition of the Virgin Mother Mary is one of the most fascinating in all Catholic lore. According to accounts, a poor Indian by the name of Juan Diego came across a vision of what he described as a 'lady from heaven' while on a mountainside in Northwest Mexico City. According to Diego, this woman instructed him to create a temple at the site of this vision. In addition, she somehow imprinted her likeness into his cactus-cloth. Although such cloth normally deteriorates rapidly over time, Diego's cloth survives to this day, more than 470 years after the apparition, in defiance of scientific rationale. Today, the shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe is one of the most important Catholic churches in the Western hemisphere. All told, more than 10 million people visit the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe every year. Pope John Paul II, for his part, made pilgrimages to this Mexican sanctuary four times during his tenure as the leader of the Catholic Church. As with the so-called Miraculous Medal, which stirred religious feeling in 19th century France, the Our Lady of Guadalupe medal has helped to focus Catholic passions in America.
    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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