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Description - This medal is 2 inches long and weighs 33grams of bronze. It is dated 1682 as you can see at the feet of the Virgin ofGuadalupe in the posted pictures.
All our listed items are original Christian devotionals.Some may have been cleaned or polished before their arrival, by their lastcaretaker. Their use is for personal devotion. Please note, the medal isoffered for sale, not the pictures.
This medal is from my mother’s estate collection. Berthawho passed away in 2010 at age 97, (The founder of Church-Woman Antiques).
Her inventory notes mention the following. In the late17th century, the Bishop of Mexico authorized a Catholic devotional medal ofOur Lady of Guadalupe. A limited number of those medals were minted in Rome andused as gifts for wealthy Catholic patrons. That medal helped the bishop(Francisco de Aguiar y Seijas) fund the building of the new Basilica from1682-1708. This is one of those medals. Similar medals can be found in theFranciscan Museum in Rome. A copy of that medal collection is posted forreference.
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