{"product_id":"vintage-bronze-st-rita-medal-with-shrine-church","title":"Vintage Bronze St. Rita Medal with Shrine Church","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Vintage Bronze St. Rita Medal with Shrine Church shows a veiled woman crowned with a rayed halo, standing beneath a crucifix with her head inclined as the light falls on her brow. Roses and small fruit are gathered below her.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBoth are the marks by which \u003cstrong\u003eSt. Rita of Cascia\u003c\/strong\u003e is known: the wound she carried on her forehead from a thorn of the crucifix she prayed before, and the roses and figs brought to her from her family's garden in the dead of her last winter. Married unhappily, widowed by violence and an Augustinian nun afterward, she is turned to in hard marriages and in situations that look closed for good. The reverse keeps a sunken roundel with the long church and tall spire of her shrine at Cascia, the view a pilgrim carries home.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis 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":48943637954745,"sku":"3c3-1084-B","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0647\/9177\/3369\/files\/3c3-1084-B.png?v=1787688779","url":"https:\/\/catholicshop.com\/products\/vintage-bronze-st-rita-medal-with-shrine-church","provider":"CatholicShop.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}