medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
At 11:58 AM 9/23/2002 -0400, Wendy Reardon wrote:
>The relic she gave me is oval shaped, whereas my gennaro and john xxiii are
>round. Hers says "Ex Indumentis" on one side, and on the other it says "eivs
>in obiiv nro prae sentia mvniamvp", with an engraving of someone, though I
>can't tell who it is. He looks to have some form of hood on his robe and a
>moustache, and he's holding an open book in one hand and a cross in the
>other, and in the background it looks like two big, lit candles.
>
>Anyone know who the mystery saint could be?
A good guess would be Benedict of Montecassino (a.k.a. Benedict of
Nursia). See
http://www.osb.org/gen/medal.html
where the inscription is correctly given as EIVS IN OBITV NRO PRAESENTIA
MVNIAMVR
Best,
John Dillon
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