St. Agnes/St. Teresa of Avila Sterling Silver Medal
Item Number: 6214
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1 1/8" (2.85 cm) x 1 1/8" (2.85 cm)
Stuller
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This sterling silver medal depicts St. Agnes (Virgin, Martyr) on one side and Holy Mother Teresa (St. Teresa of Avila) on the other side.
Comes with a 24" sterling silver chain.
Gold back version shown in picture.
The Shipwreck of El Buen Consejo
In 1772, El Buen Consejo-[Our Lady of] The Good Counsel-sailed from Spain, bringing 52 Franciscan missionaries and thousands of bronze religious medallions to the New World. The ship, however, wrecked in the Caribbean, off the coast of Anguilla, leaving the precious cargo on the sea floor, undisturbed for 225 years. In 1986, the treasure was discovered. These medallions are first generation replicas of the originals, offered for sale to help preserve and develop the site, in cooperation with Anguilla Maritime Research Ltd., and the government of Anguilla.
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Feast Day:
Roman Rite Calendar - 01/21
Tridentine Calendar - 01/21
Patron Of:
Betrothed Couples, Chastity, Crops, Girl Scouts
Profile
At age 12 or 13 Agnes was ordered to sacrifice to pagan gods and lose her virginity by rape. She was taken to a Roman temple to Minerva (Athena), and when led to the altar, she made the Sign of the Cross. She was threatened, then tortured when she refused to turn against God. Several young men presented themselves, offering to marry her, whether from lust or pity is not known. She said that to do so would be an insult to her heavenly Spouse, that she would keep her consecrated virginity intact, accept death, and see Christ. Martyr Foster-sister of Saint Emerentiana. Mentioned in first Eucharistic prayer. On her feast day two lambs are blessed at her church in Rome, and then their wool is woven into the palliums (bands of white wool) which the pope confers on archbishops as symbol of their jurisdiction.
Died
beheaded and burned, or tortured and stabbed to death, or stabbed in the throat (sources vary) on 21 January 254 or 304 (sources vary) at Rome; buried beside the Via Nomentana in Rome
All information used with permission of the Patron Saint Index.
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