Holy Card of St Benedict of Nursia & a 1" Silver Oxidized Medal of St. Benedict

Description

Laminated Holy (5" X 3") Card of Saint Benedict Plus a 1" Silver Oxidized Medal of St. Benedict. Condition is "New". Shipped with USPS First Class.
Saint Benedict Medal. Silver oxidized and made in Italy - approximately 1 in." in height.  pcs. Patronage: School Children, Students, Kidney Disease, Poison
Benedict of
Nursia is a Christian saint venerated in the Catholic Church, the Eastern
Orthodox Church, the Oriental Orthodox Churches, the Anglican Communion and Old
Catholic Churches. He is a patron saint of Europe.
Benedict
founded twelve communities for monks at Subiaco, Lazio, Italy, before moving to Monte Cassino in the mountains of southern Italy. The Order of Saint Benedictis of later origin and, moreover, not an "order" as commonly understood but merely a confederation of autonomous congregations.
Benedict's main achievement, his "Rule of Saint Benedict", contains a set of rules for his monks to follow. Heavily influenced by the writings of John Cassian, it shows strong affinity with the Rule of the Master, but it also has a unique spirit of balance, moderation and reasonableness, which persuaded most Christian religious communities founded throughout the Middle Ages to adopt it.As a result, his Rule became one of the most influential religious rules in Western Christendom. For this reason, Giuseppe Carletti regarded Benedict as the founder of Western Christian monasticism.
Saint Benedict Medal
This devotional medal originally came from a cross in honor of Saint Benedict. Onone side, the medal has an image of Saint Benedict, holding the Holy Rule in his left hand and a cross in his right. There is a raven on one side of him,with a cup on the other side of him. Around the medal's outer margin are the words "Eius in obitu nostro praesentia muniamur" ("May we be strengthened by his presence in the hour of our death"). The other side of the medal has a cross with the initials CSSML on the vertical bar which signify"Crux Sacra Sit Mihi Lux" ("May the Holy Cross be my light") and on the horizontal bar are the initials NDSMD which stand for"Non Draco Sit Mihi Dux" ("Let not the dragon be myguide"). The initials CSPB stand for "Crux Sancti PatrisBenedicti" ("The Cross of the Holy Father Benedict") and are located on the interior angles of the cross. Either the inscription"PAX" (Peace) or the Christogram "IHS" may be found at the top of the cross in most cases. Around the medal's margin on this side are the Vade Retro Satana initials VRSNSMV which stand for "Vade Retro Satana, Nonquam Suade Mihi Vana" ("Begone Satan, do not suggest to me thy vanities") then a space followed by the initials SMQLIVB which signify"Sunt Mala Quae Libas, Ipse Venena Bibas" ("Evil are the things thou profferest, drink thou thy own poison").