{"product_id":"vintage-bronze-st-charles-borromeo-medal-humilitas-reverse","title":"Vintage Bronze St. Charles Borromeo Medal, Humilitas Reverse","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Vintage Bronze St. Charles Borromeo Medal gives the saint in profile, spare face, long nose, biretta and rochet, with the legend \u003cem\u003eCAR· BORROMEVS· CAR· ARC· MED·\u003c\/em\u003e, Charles Borromeo, Cardinal Archbishop of Milan. He was the sixteenth-century archbishop who rebuilt the church life of his city after Trent, and who stayed in Milan to nurse the plague-stricken when everyone able to leave had gone.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe reverse is heraldic rather than figural: a coronet above the word \u003cstrong\u003eHVMILITAS\u003c\/strong\u003e in gothic letters, with the three interlaced rings of the Borromeo arms below and a Roman-numeral group beneath. \u003cem\u003eHumilitas\u003c\/em\u003e, humility, was the family motto, and Charles made it so thoroughly his own that the word is now read as his rather than theirs. He is kept as a patron of bishops, catechists, seminarians and spiritual directors.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe St. Charles Borromeo 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":48943531622585,"sku":"3c3-1582M-B","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0647\/9177\/3369\/files\/3c3-1582M-B.png?v=1787688744","url":"https:\/\/catholicshop.com\/products\/vintage-bronze-st-charles-borromeo-medal-humilitas-reverse","provider":"CatholicShop.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}