This antique French Saint Benedicts medal is beautifully and clearly detailed in silverplate over brass. It measures 3/4” in diameter. The meaning of the details on the this beautiful exorcism medal are just below. This patron saints medal represents St Benedict (of Nursia) who is the patron saint of monks, but there is much more to it than that.
This would be a wonderful gift or addition to you Catholic jewelry collection.
Ref. rm 184

🇫🇷All religious medals and other religious items sold in this shop are original, not reproductions.

MEANING:
Side 1: the medal has an image of St 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, at our death, be fortified by His presence").

Side 2: 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 my overlord").

•The initials CSPB stand for "Crux Sancti Patris Benedicti" ("The Cross of the Holy Father Benedict") and are located on the interior angles of the cross.
•The inscription "PAX" (Peace) is found at the top of the cross.
•Around the medal's margin on this side are the 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").

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