St Benedict Medal and Folder with Prayers

St Benedict Medal and Folder with Prayers

Beautiful little medal with folder.

Perfect for the handbag, purse, wallet or pocket

An excellent little gift.

4.5 x 6 cm - folder with plastic cover
medal 2.5 x 1.5cm

Prayer on the inside of folder:
The prayer of Saint Benedict

Gracious and Holy Father
give us the wisdom to discover You, the intelligence to understand You.
The diligence to wait for You, eyes to behold You, a heart to meditate upon YOu,
and a life to proclaim You, through the power of the Spirit of Jesus our Lord, Amen.

Saint Benedict of Nursia
Saint Benedict Detail from a fresco by Fra Angelico
Abbot Patron of Europe
Born	c. 480 Norcia (Umbria, Italy)
Died	21 March 543 Monte Cassino
Honored in	Roman Catholicism Anglican Communion Eastern Orthodoxy Lutheran Church
Canonized	1220, Rome by Pope Honorius III
Major shrine	Monte Cassino Abbey, with his burial Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire, near Orléans, France Sacro Speco, at Subiaco, Italy
Feast	July 11 (Roman Catholic calendar of saints), (Anglican Communion) March 14 (Byzantine Rite) March 21 (on local calendars and in the General Roman Calendar of 1962)
Attributes	-Bell -Broken tray -Broken cup and serpent representing poison -Broken utensil -Bush -Crosier -Man in a Benedictine cowl holding Benedict's rule or a rod of discipline -Raven
Patronage	-Against poison -Against witchcraft -Agricultural workers -Cavers -Civil engineers -Coppersmiths -Dying people -Erysipelas -Europe -Farmers -Fever -Gall stones -Heerdt (Germany) -Heraldry and Officers of arms -the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest -Inflammatory diseases -Italian architects -Kidney disease -Monks -Nettle rash -Norcia (Italy) -People in religious orders -Schoolchildren -Servants who have broken their master's belongings -Speliologists -Spelunkers -Temptations