{"product_id":"vintage-white-bronze-st-francis-embracing-the-crucified-medal","title":"Vintage White Bronze St. Francis Embracing the Crucified Medal","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Vintage White Bronze St. Francis Medal holds a scene of great tenderness. A tonsured friar, haloed, reaches up to embrace the crucified Christ, whose body leans down from the cross to meet him. The two are pressed close together, so that the embrace rather than the cross is what the eye reads first.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe other face is filled edge to edge with the blessing Francis wrote out for Brother Leo, here in Italian: \u003cem\u003eIl Signore ti benedica e ti custodisca, ti mostri la sua faccia ed abbia misericordia di te, rivolga il suo sguardo verso di te e ti dia pace\u003c\/em\u003e — the Lord bless you and keep you, may he show you his face and have mercy on you, may he turn his gaze toward you and give you peace. A Tau cross, the letter Francis used as his own signature, is worked into the closing line.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe St. Francis medal was faithfully reproduced from an antique Italian 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":48943562948793,"sku":"3c3-1380-WB","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0647\/9177\/3369\/files\/3c3-1380-WB.png?v=1787688758","url":"https:\/\/catholicshop.com\/products\/vintage-white-bronze-st-francis-embracing-the-crucified-medal","provider":"CatholicShop.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}