This rosary was blessed by the stigmatist, Capuchin Friar, Padre Pio of the Monastery at San Giovanni Redondo, Italy. Gift of Fr. Richard Bauersfeld, OSB of Ettal. The collection also holds a relic case containing a rose petal from the altar of the last Mass said by Padre Pio. Blessed Mother A rosary of black composition beads, each containing a colored portrait of a different Madonna under isinglass.
Titles are in Latin on the reverse side.
They represent the Litany of the Blessed Virgin Mary. A medal bearing relief's of Pope Pius XII and the Holy Family and blessed by the Pope was attached. It had been given to Rev. Father Malcolm C.P. of Rome Italy, who presented the rosary to Mr. Brown. Dated 1961, from Lohmanns gift shop, St. Paul Minnesota. This rosary was sent to him by a young medical student in Yugoslovia.