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Médaille miraculeuse

Médaille miraculeuse - obverseMédaille miraculeuse - reverse

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Features

Location France
Type Religious medals
Weight 3.84 g
Size 21.5 × 16.20 mm
Thickness 3.30 mm
Shape Oval with a loop
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Number
N#
571231

Obverse

- Mary is standing on a globe, crushing a serpent beneath her feet. Describing the original vision, Catherine said the Blessed Mother appeared radiant like a sunrise, "in all her perfect beauty".
- Rays stream from Mary's hands, which, she told Catherine, "... symbolize the graces I pour out on those who ask for them".
- The words of the vision form an oval frame around Mary: "O Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to you".Automatically translated

Script: Latin

Lettering:
O MARIE CONÇUE SANS PÉCHÉ PRIEZ POUR NOUS
QUI AVONS RECOURS À VOUS
1830

Reverse

In the center, the letter "M" for Mary. The letter interlaces a crossbar supporting the foot of the Cross.
The twelve stars symbolize the twelve tribes of Israel and the twelve apostles.
The heart encircled by a crown of thorns is the heart of Jesus (Sacred Heart).
The heart pierced by a sword is the immaculate heart of Mary, inseparable from that of Jesus.Automatically translated

Script: Latin

Lettering: M

Edge

Smooth, with a protrusion at the baseAutomatically translated

Médaille miraculeuse -  obverse

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Comments

Catherine Labouré (May 2, 1806 - December 31, 1876) was a French member of the Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul and a Marian seer.
Catherine Labouré declared that on July 18, 1830, she awoke after hearing the voice of a child calling her to the chapel, where she heard the Virgin Mary say to her, "God wants to charge you with a mission. You'll be contradicted, but don't worry, you'll have the grace to do the right thing. Tell your spiritual director everything that's going on inside you. Times are bad in France and in the world".
On November 27, 1830, Catherine reported that the Virgin Mary had returned during her evening meditations. She appears in an oval frame, standing on a globe. She wears numerous rings set with precious stones that project rays of light onto the globe. The words "O Mary, conceived withoutsin, prayfor us who have recourse to you" appear around the frame.
Under Catherine's gaze, the frame seemed to rotate, showing a circle of twelve stars, a large letter M surmounted by a cross, the stylized Sacred Heart of Jesus crowned with thorns and the Immaculate Heart of Mary pierced by a sword. Asked why certain precious stones didn't give light, Mary is said to have replied: "It's the graces that people forget to ask for". Sister Catherine then heard the Virgin Mary ask her to take these images to her confessor, telling her that they should be placed on medallions and adding: "All those who wear them will receive great graces".
Sister Catherine complied, and after two years of investigation and observation of Catherine's ordinary daily behavior, the priest took the information to his archbishop without revealing Catherine's identity. The request was approved and the medallions were designed and produced by goldsmith Adrien Vachette.
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