{"product_id":"vintage-bronze-servus-dei-valentinus-and-our-lady-medal","title":"Vintage Bronze Servus Dei Valentinus and Our Lady Medal","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Vintage Bronze Servus Dei Valentinus Medal is small and strongly modelled. One face carries the bust of a tonsured friar in a hooded habit, shown full-face with a heavy brow and a broad jaw, more portrait than type. \u003cem\u003eSERVUS\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eDEI\u003c\/em\u003e stand to either side of his head, and a broad banner sweeps across the lower half lettered \u003cstrong\u003eD. VALENTINUS\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eServus Dei\u003c\/em\u003e, Servant of God, is the title the Church gives a person at the opening of a cause for canonisation, so a medal like this was made while that cause was still under way, struck for the people who had known him and wanted his memory kept. The other face shows the Virgin standing with her hands lowered and open and rays streaming from them, the Our Lady of Grace pose of the Miraculous Medal, so the friar is set alongside the woman he served.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\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":48943549219001,"sku":"3c3-1519-B","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0647\/9177\/3369\/files\/3c3-1519-B.png?v=1787688748","url":"https:\/\/catholicshop.com\/products\/vintage-bronze-servus-dei-valentinus-and-our-lady-medal","provider":"CatholicShop.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}