{"product_id":"vintage-bronze-san-marcos-medal-st-mark-the-evangelist","title":"Vintage Bronze San Marcos Medal, St. Mark the Evangelist","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Vintage Bronze San Marcos Medal shows the evangelist seated low on rocky ground, an open book across his knee and one hand raised toward his head, caught in the pause before writing. Plants and stones fill the field below him and \u003cem\u003eSAN MARCOS\u003c\/em\u003e is arched above.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMark wrote the second gospel, the shortest and the most urgent of the four, and tradition makes him the companion of Peter whose preaching he set down in Rome. He is honored as patron of Venice, where his relics rest, and of notaries and glaziers, and his symbol among the four living creatures is the winged lion. The Spanish form of his name places the original in the Spanish-speaking world, where medals of this kind were worn plain, the reverse left smooth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe San Marcos medal was faithfully reproduced from an antique original and cast in the USA using a traditional fine-detail casting process that preserves the medal's 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":48943563178169,"sku":"3c3-1398-B","price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0647\/9177\/3369\/files\/3c3-1398-B.png?v=1787688756","url":"https:\/\/catholicshop.com\/products\/vintage-bronze-san-marcos-medal-st-mark-the-evangelist","provider":"CatholicShop.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}