Saint Benedict Medal
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The Saint Benedict Medal is a Christian sacramental medal containing symbols and text related to the life of Saint Benedict of Nursia, used by Latin Catholics, Old Catholics, Lutherans, Western Orthod
The two sides of a Saint Benedict Medal
Traditional, original design of the medal
A Jubilee medal by the monk Desiderius Lenz, of the Beuron Art School, made for the 1400th anniversary of the birth of St. Benedict in 1880
A Dominican rosary with a St. Benedict's Cross attached
Tau cross
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The tau cross is a T-shaped cross, sometimes with all three ends of the cross expanded. It is called a "tau cross" because it is shaped like the Greek letter tau, which in its upper-case form has the
Saint Benedict Medal
…paths. Tradition holds that it protects from curses, evil and vice, protects against diseases and protects good health. Another exorcism medal is the Saint Anthony's cross, associated with Saint Anthony of Egypt, which was adopted by Franciscan orders & the brief of Saint Anthony of Padua which was revealed to a demon-oppressed…
Crucifixion scene with a tau cross, School of Brugge, late 15th or early 16th century
Crucifixion scene with a tau cross, by Konrad Witz (1400–1447)
Saint Anthony of Egypt wearing the Antonine cloak in a 1460s woodcut
Autograph letter of Francis of Assisi