Antique and Vintage Medals
We’re in love with this combo - a petite trio of silver Mary medals that seems both casual and elevated… The largest Mary is only about the size of a dime, so the cluster doesn’t overwhelm. We’re obsessed.
Front (largest Mary medal):
Profile view of Virgin Mary inscribed with “Virgo Immaculata” (transl. from Latin as “Immaculate Virgin”)
Back:
Vision of Saint Bernadette in the grottoes at Lourdes, France.St. Bernadette had a total of 18 visions of the Virgin Mary in the grottoes at Lourdes. Since then, the site has been considered a holy place where followers go to swim in the waters. Lourdes is still an extremely popular pilgrimage destination. Travelers from all over the world make the journey every year seekinghealth and healing.
Front (smaller Mary medal):
Profile view of Virgin Mary
Back:
Vision of Saint Bernadette in the grottoes at Lourdes, France.St. Bernadette had a total of 18 visions of the Virgin Mary in the grottoes at Lourdes. Since then, the site has been considered a holy place where followers go to swim in the waters. Lourdes is still an extremely popular pilgrimage destination. Travelers from all over the world make the journey every year seeking health and healing.
Front:
Silver medal with scalloped edge (same size as smaller Mary medal):
Virgin and Child with inscription N.D. FRANCE
Back:
Virgin and Child with inscription “Notre Dame du Puy P.P.N. (transl “pray for us”)
The cathedral of Puy is a major pilgrimage church in France that was built before the year 800. The church has in its possession a statue of the Madonna and Child made from ebony. The Black Madonna was a major attraction for medieval pilgrims who prayed to it when they visited the church on their way to Santiago de Compostela in Spain.
Antique and Vintage Medals
We’re in love with this combo - a petite trio of silver Mary medals that seems both casual and elevated… The largest Mary is only about the size of a dime, so the cluster doesn’t overwhelm. We’re obsessed.
Front (largest Mary medal):
Profile view of Virgin Mary inscribed with “Virgo Immaculata” (transl. from Latin as “Immaculate Virgin”)
Back:
Vision of Saint Bernadette in the grottoes at Lourdes, France.St. Bernadette had a total of 18 visions of the Virgin Mary in the grottoes at Lourdes. Since then, the site has been considered a holy place where followers go to swim in the waters. Lourdes is still an extremely popular pilgrimage destination. Travelers from all over the world make the journey every year seekinghealth and healing.
Front (smaller Mary medal):
Profile view of Virgin Mary
Back:
Vision of Saint Bernadette in the grottoes at Lourdes, France.St. Bernadette had a total of 18 visions of the Virgin Mary in the grottoes at Lourdes. Since then, the site has been considered a holy place where followers go to swim in the waters. Lourdes is still an extremely popular pilgrimage destination. Travelers from all over the world make the journey every year seeking health and healing.
Front:
Silver medal with scalloped edge (same size as smaller Mary medal):
Virgin and Child with inscription N.D. FRANCE
Back:
Virgin and Child with inscription “Notre Dame du Puy P.P.N. (transl “pray for us”)
The cathedral of Puy is a major pilgrimage church in France that was built before the year 800. The church has in its possession a statue of the Madonna and Child made from ebony. The Black Madonna was a major attraction for medieval pilgrims who prayed to it when they visited the church on their way to Santiago de Compostela in Spain.
