ANTIQUE 18TH CENTURY ST. IGNATIUS OF LOYOLA & ST. FRANCIS XAVIER BRONZE MEDAL
Item History & Price
Here from one of the Carmelite convents we work with is arare 18th century bronze medal minted in Rome. All our listed items areoriginal Christian devotionals. Some may have been cleaned or polished beforetheir arrival, by their last caretaker. Their use is for personal devotion.Measures approximately 2 inches, excluding loop. Weight 44 grams. Saint Ignatius of Loyola (c. 23 October 1491 – 31 July1556) was a Spanish Basque Catholic priest and theologian, who founded thereligious orde...r called the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) and became its firstSuperior General at Paris in 1541. The Jesuit order served the Pope asmissionaries, and they were bound by a vow of special obedience to thesovereign pontiff regarding the missions. They therefore emerged as animportant force during the time of the Counter-Reformation. Ignatius isremembered as a talented spiritual director. He recorded his method in acelebrated treatise called the Spiritual Exercises, a simple set ofmeditations, prayers, and other mental exercises, first published in 1548.Ignatius was beatified in 1609, and then canonized, receiving the title ofSaint on 12 March 1622.Francis Xavier, S.J. (7 April 1506 – 3 December 1552), was a Roman Catholic missionary, who was a co-founder of the Society of Jesus.Born in Javier was a companion of Saint Ignatius of Loyola and one of the firstseven Jesuits who took vows of poverty and chastity at Montmartre, Paris, in1534. He led an extensive mission into Asia, mainly in the Portuguese Empire ofthe time and was influential in evangelization work, most notably in India. Healso was the first Christian missionary to venture into Japan, Borneo, theMaluku Islands, and other areas. In those areas, struggling to learn the locallanguages and in the face of opposition, he had less success than he hadenjoyed in India. Xavier was about to extend his missionary preaching to Chinawhen he died on Changchun Island. He was beatified by Pope Paul V on 25 October1619 and canonized by Pope Gregory XV on 12 March 1622. In 1624 he was madeco-patron of Navarre. Known as the "Apostle of the Indies" and"Apostle of Japan", he is considered one of the greatest missionariessince Saint Paul. This medals dating can be confirmed on pages 2 & 3 ofthe book AN INTRODUCTION TO RELIGIOUS MEDALS, by Bob Forrest, and published byNUMISMATICA INTERNATIONAL in 2004.In addition, this book has chapters (outlinedin the table of contents), describing each of the categories of medals, theirpossible place of pilgrimage (acquisition), and origin of the mint where theywere made. We recommend that anyone serious about collecting medals from thisperiod, acquire a copy of this book. Thanks for your kind support of our work
