{"product_id":"vintage-bronze-saint-rita-fan-shaped-rosary-center","title":"Vintage Bronze Saint Rita Fan-Shaped Rosary Center","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Vintage Bronze Saint Rita Fan-Shaped Rosary Center is built as a fan, its ribbed wings spreading from a narrow waist to hold an oval panel at the middle. Inside the panel a veiled religious kneels at the left before a standing figure and a cross. The whole piece is barely three-quarters of an inch, so the relief reads as a quiet vignette rather than a portrait.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe scene is the one traditionally shown for Saint Rita of Cascia, who was praying before a crucifix when a thorn came loose from the crown and lodged in her forehead, leaving a wound she carried for fifteen years. Rita had asked to share something of the Passion, and she is remembered for a life in which very little went the way she wanted: an unhappy marriage, a husband murdered, two sons dead, and a convent that refused her before it took her in. She is the saint people turn to when a situation looks past mending, and a center like this puts her at the heart of the rosary.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Saint Rita rosary center was faithfully reproduced from an antique original and cast in the USA using a traditional fine-detail casting process that preserves its vintage character.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMade in the USA\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eArtisan-cast from an antique original\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFinished by hand, so every piece is subtly unique.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBuy the medal alone, or add an optional chain or cord necklace\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAdd a cord or chain to have it arrive assembled and ready to wear\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eArrives in a deluxe velour jewelry box\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Equatoria","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48943441641657,"sku":"3c3-691-B","price":9.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0647\/9177\/3369\/files\/3c3-691-B.png?v=1787688713","url":"https:\/\/catholicshop.com\/products\/vintage-bronze-saint-rita-fan-shaped-rosary-center","provider":"CatholicShop.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}