The Medal Or Cross Of St. Benedict
Subtitle: Its Origin, Meaning, And Privileges
By: from the French of ... Prosper Guéranger, O.S.B. ... ; edited, with an introduction, and an appendix of the centenary medal, etc., by a monk of the English Benedictine Congregation of St. Edmund's College, Douai, France.
Contributors: Benedict XIV, Pope, 1675-1758; Catholic Church. Pope (1740-1758 : Benedict XIV)
Publisher: Burns and Oates
Published: 1880
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 140
Subjects: Benedict, -- Saint, Abbot of Monte Cassino -- Medals; Medals
Other titles: Medal or cross of Saint Benedict, its origin, meaning, and privileges
Work titles: Essai sur l'origine, la signification et les privilèges de la médaille ou croix de Saint Benoit.
Notes: Text of the Brief by Pope Benedict XIV, entitled "Coelestibus ecclesiae thesauris ...", authorizing the form of blessing to be used over the medal: p. 70-99.

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Table of contents: title: INTRODUCTION xi; title: AUTHOR'S PREFACE xix; title: CHAPTER I.; title: ON THE FIGURE OF THE CROSS REPRESENTED ON THE MEDAL 1; title: CHAPTER II.; title: OF THE EFFIGY OF ST. BENEDICT REPRESENTED ON THE MEDAL 4; title: CHAPTER III.; title: OF THE LETTERS WHICH ARE INSCRIBED ON THE MEDAL 11; title: CHAPTER IV.; title: ORIGIN OF THE MEDAL OF ST. BENEDICT 15; title: CHAPTER V.; title: OF THE USE TO BE MADE OF THE MEDAL OF ST. BENEDICT 22; title: CHAPTER VI.; title: THE MIRACULOUS EFFECTS OF THE MEDAL OF ST. BENEDICT IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY 27; title: CHAPTER VII.; title: THE EFFECTS OF THE MEDAL OF ST. BENEDICT IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY— CURES OBTAINED BY IT 31; title: CHAPTER VIII.; title: ON THE SPIRITUAL FAVOURS OBTAINED BY THE USE OF THE MEDAL 42; title: CHAPTER IX.; title: THE MEDAL A PROTECTION AGAINST THE SNARES OF THE DEVIL 51; title: CHAPTER X.; title: THE MEDAL A PRESERVATION IN DANGER 57; title: CHAPTER XI.; title: APPROBATION OF ST. BENEDICT'S MEDAL BY THE HOLY SEE 69; title: CHAPTER XII.; title: CONSEQUENCES OF THE BRIEF OF BENEDICT XIV. IN REGARD TO THE MEDAL OF ST. BENEDICT 100; title: CHAPTER XIII.; title: LIST OF THE INDULGENCES ATTACHED TO THE MEDAL OF ST. BENEDICT BY THE BRIEF OF BENEDICT XIV. 107; title: CHAPTER XIV.; title: RITE TO BE USED IN BLESSING THE MEDAL OF ST. BENEDICT 114; title: CHAPTER XV.; title: ON DEVOTION TO ST. BENEDICT 118; title: APPENDIX.; title: The Centenary Medal struck at Monte Cassino to Commemorate the 1400th Anniversary of the Birth of St. Benedict — Decree of Pius IX. granting New Indulgences 127; title: Special Indulgences granted by the Holy See to Visitors to Monte Cassino and to all wearing the Centenary Medal 130; title: Extracts from the Letter of the Abbot of Monte Cassino to the Abbots and Prelates living under the Rule of St. Benedict 134; title: The English Benedictine Centenary Medal-Cross 136; title: Hymn to St. Benedict 139