Express
your passionate devotion to Christ and Saint Benedict by wearing this
delicately crafted Crucifix, which features an impressed Saint
Benedict Medal, surrounded by colored enamel inlay. Spanning 1.5
inch length, it is available in finely-polished stainless steel. Pope
Benedict XIV officially established the design and implemented the
use of the Saint Benedict Medal. On one side it carries the image of
Saint Benedict holding a cross in his hand; on the other side there
is a larger cross with Latin initials. Due to the fact that the cross
represented here is an essential element of this medal, it is called
the Medal/Crucifix of St. Benedict.
On
the back is an effigy of the Saint, holding the cross in his right
hand and the Rules in his left hand; on his right there is a cup from
which a serpent is escaping (a recollection of the poisoned wine
which he miraculously escaped); on the left is a crow taking away the
poisoned bread.