All our listed items are original Christian devotionals.Some may have been cleaned or polished before their arrival, by their lastcaretaker. Their use is for personal devotion. This medal is 1.5 inches long with bale and 1.25 incheswithout the bale. It weigh 18 grams.Romuald (Latin: Romualdus; c. 951 – traditionally 19June, c. 1025/27 AD) was the founder of the Camaldolese order and a majorfigure in the eleventh-century "Renaissance of eremiticalasceticism". Romuald spent about ...30 years traversing Italy, founding andreforming monasteries and hermitages.This medals dating can be confirmed, as we have on pages 2& 3 of the book AN INTRODUCTION TO RELIGIOUS MEDALS, by Bob Forrest, andpublished by NUMISMATICA INTERNATIONAL in 2004.In addition this book has chapters (outlined in thetable of contents), describing each of the categories of medals, their possibleplace of pilgrimage (acquisition), and origin of the mint where they were made.We recommend that anyone serious about collecting medals from this period, acquire a copy of this book.Thanks for your kind support of our work!