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Vintage Bronze St. Catherine and St. Barbara Octagonal Medal
SKU: 3c3-1576-B
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Product Details
The Vintage Bronze St. Catherine and St. Barbara Octagonal Medal pairs two of the great virgin martyrs, one to each face. Catherine is seated crowned in profile with a rayed nimbus and the martyr's palm across her lap; Barbara kneels in a rocky landscape beside a battlemented tower, a palm branch rising behind her.
★ Made in the USA
The tower is Barbara's own, the one her father shut her in, and she is kept as patroness of those whose work carries sudden danger. Catherine of Alexandria confounded fifty philosophers with her learning and has been claimed ever since by teachers and students; both saints have long been invoked for a good death. The legends name them, S· CATHARINA · OR· P· N·, Saint Catherine, pray for us, and S· BARBARA. The cut octagonal form and small crisp lettering are the mark of eighteenth-century colonial work.
The medal was faithfully reproduced from an antique original and cast in the USA using a traditional fine-detail casting process that preserves its vintage character.
Size: 1 1/4 inches tall
- Made in the USA
- Artisan-cast from an antique original
- Finished by hand, so every piece is subtly unique.
- Buy the medal alone, or add an optional chain or cord necklace
- Add a cord or chain to have it arrive assembled and ready to wear
- Arrives in a deluxe velour jewelry box
About St. Barbara · Feast December 4
Early Christian virgin martyr venerated since antiquity, traditionally said to have been imprisoned in a tower and martyred by her own pagan father, who was struck dead by lightning afterward.
St. Barbara is the patron saint of Architects, Sudden Death, Artillerymen, Miners and Firework Makers.
More St. Barbara: Medals · Rosaries · Rosary Bracelets · Patron of Architects and Sudden Death
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Product Details
The Vintage Bronze St. Catherine and St. Barbara Octagonal Medal pairs two of the great virgin martyrs, one to each face. Catherine is seated crowned in profile with a rayed nimbus and the martyr's palm across her lap; Barbara kneels in a rocky landscape beside a battlemented tower, a palm branch rising behind her.
★ Made in the USA
The tower is Barbara's own, the one her father shut her in, and she is kept as patroness of those whose work carries sudden danger. Catherine of Alexandria confounded fifty philosophers with her learning and has been claimed ever since by teachers and students; both saints have long been invoked for a good death. The legends name them, S· CATHARINA · OR· P· N·, Saint Catherine, pray for us, and S· BARBARA. The cut octagonal form and small crisp lettering are the mark of eighteenth-century colonial work.
The medal was faithfully reproduced from an antique original and cast in the USA using a traditional fine-detail casting process that preserves its vintage character.
Size: 1 1/4 inches tall
- Made in the USA
- Artisan-cast from an antique original
- Finished by hand, so every piece is subtly unique.
- Buy the medal alone, or add an optional chain or cord necklace
- Add a cord or chain to have it arrive assembled and ready to wear
- Arrives in a deluxe velour jewelry box
About St. Barbara · Feast December 4
Early Christian virgin martyr venerated since antiquity, traditionally said to have been imprisoned in a tower and martyred by her own pagan father, who was struck dead by lightning afterward.
St. Barbara is the patron saint of Architects, Sudden Death, Artillerymen, Miners and Firework Makers.
More St. Barbara: Medals · Rosaries · Rosary Bracelets · Patron of Architects and Sudden Death
Read the life of St. Barbara → · Shop all St. Barbara gifts →
