Saint Benedict Medal

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The Saint Benedict Medal is a Christian sacramental medal containing symbols and text related to the life of Saint Benedict of Nursia, used by Latin Catholics, Old Catholics, Lutherans, Western Orthodox, Anglicans and Methodists, in the Benedictine Christian tradition, especially votarists and oblates. This religious object is also a Christian symbol of opening doors and opening difficult paths. Tradition holds that it protects from curses, evil and vice, protects against diseases and protects good health. Another exorcism medal is the Saint Anthony's cross, associated with Saint Anthony of Egypt, which was adopted by Franciscan orders & the brief of Saint Anthony of Padua which was revealed to a demon-oppressed woman in Portugal. The reverse side of the Saint Benedict medal carries the Vade retro satana ('Begone, Satan!') Sometimes carried as part of a rosary or embedded in a scapular, it is also worn separately.

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