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SS $19.95
GF $24.95
KT $140.00 |
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GF $34.95
KT $325.00 |
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KT $580.00 |
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Feast Day:
December 4
Patron of Architects and
Sudden Death
Barbara was a beautiful maiden with an overly jealous father who made
her stay in tower so none would see her beauty. She was taught the Faith
and when her father learned of it, he beheaded her. A clap of thunder was
then heard and her father was reduced to ashes. |
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| St. Barnabas |
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1-1/4"
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SS $19.95
GF $24.95
KT $140.00 |
SS $29.95
GF $34.95
KT $325.00 |
SS $34.95
GF $39.95
KT $580.00 |
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Feast Day: June
11
Patron Against Hailstorms
Barnabas is often considered an
Apostle, but he is not of the Twelve Apostles. He is often depicted
standing near stones while holding the Gospel of Saint Matthew, the image
of him while he was stoned to death in Salamis. |
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St.
Bartholomew the Apostle |
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5/8"
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1-1/4"
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SS $19.95
GF $24.95
KT $140.00 |
SS $29.95
GF $34.95
KT $325.00 |
SS $34.95
GF $39.95
KT $580.00 |
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Feast Day: August
24
Patron of
Cobblers and Nervous Diseases
Bartholomew was one of
the Twelve Apostles. He was known under the name Nathanael. He is usually
represented with a tanner’s knife and holding his skin because he was
skinned alive in Armenia. |
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St.
Basil the Great |
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5/8"
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1-1/4"
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SS $19.95
GF $24.95
KT $140.00 |
SS $29.95
GF $34.95
KT $325.00 |
SS $34.95
GF $39.95
KT $580.00 |
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Feast Day: January
2
Patron of
Hospital Administrators
Basil was born to a
noble and religious family in the year 329. Four of his siblings are
canonized as Catholic Saints, along with his mother (Emmelia), father
(Basil the Elder), and grandmother (Macrina). |
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St.
Bede the Venerable |
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SS $19.95
GF $24.95
KT $140.00 |
SS $29.95
GF $34.95
KT $325.00 |
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GF $39.95
KT $580.00 |
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Patron of
Lectors |
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St.
Benedict |
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#*BL-9008
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1-1/4"
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SS $19.95
GF $24.95
KT $140.00 |
SS $29.95
GF $34.95
KT $325.00 |
SS $34.95
GF $39.95
KT $580.00 |
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Feast Day: July
11
Patron of
Monks and Poison Sufferers
Benedict was the
founder of Western monasticism, and wrote a set of guidelines for monks to
follow. Many opposed his Benedictine principles, and he was once given a
goblet of poison, which he blessed and made safe. He is buried with his
twin sister, Saint Scholastica. |
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| Pope Benedict
XVI |
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#*BL-9235
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SS $19.95
GF $24.95
KT $140.00 |
SS $29.95
GF $34.95
KT $325.00 |
SS $34.95
GF $39.95
KT $580.00 |
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St.
Benjamin |
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#*BL-9013
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tall
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1-1/4"
tall
MEDAL ON CHAIN
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SS $19.95
GF $24.95
KT $140.00 |
SS $29.95
GF $34.95
KT $325.00 |
SS $34.95
GF $39.95
KT $580.00 |
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Feast
Day: March 31
Patron of
those named Benjamin
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Benjamin
was jailed for his faith and later released. He began to preach in
the streets and converted many to Christianity. He was tortured
and martyred in Persia around the year 424.
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| St. Bernadette |
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#*BL-9017
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5/8"
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1-1/4"
tall
MEDAL ON CHAIN
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SS $19.95
GF $24.95
KT $140.00 |
SS $29.95
GF $34.95
KT $325.00 |
SS $34.95
GF $39.95
KT $580.00 |
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Feast
Day: April 16
Patron of
Illness and Poverty
Bernadette was the
eldest child in a large poor family. In February of 1858, in Lourdes,
France, she witnessed her first vision of the Virgin Mary. She received
over fifteen more in the next half-a-year. Since the visions of Our Lady
to Bernadette, millions of people have visited Lourdes. |
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St.
Bernard of Clairvaux |
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SS $19.95
GF $24.95
KT $140.00 |
SS $29.95
GF $34.95
KT $325.00 |
SS $34.95
GF $39.95
KT $580.00 |
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Feast
Day: August 20
Patron of
Beekeepers and Candlemakers
Bernard founded a
monastery at Clairvaux and helped to plan the Second Crusade. He was the
first Cistercian monk to have a feast day. |
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| St. Bernard of
Montjoux |
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5/8"
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1-1/4"
tall
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SS $19.95
GF $24.95
KT $140.00 |
SS $29.95
GF $34.95
KT $325.00 |
SS $34.95
GF $39.95
KT $580.00 |
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Feast
Day: May 28
Patron of
Skiers and Mountain Climbers
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In
the time of Bernard, travelers crossed the snowy Alpine Mountains
during the winter. Bernard, also known as Bernard of Menthon, set
up rest stops on two mountaintops. His successors raised dogs atop
these mountains and labeled them Saint Bernards.
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| St. Blaise |
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1-1/4"
tall
MEDAL ON CHAIN
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SS $19.95
GF $24.95
KT $140.00 |
SS $29.95
GF $34.95
KT $325.00 |
SS $34.95
GF $39.95
KT $580.00 |
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Feast
Day: February 3
Patron of
Throat Ailments
Blaise was known as a healer of men and
animals. Running from persecution against his religion, he settled in a
cave. It is said that injured animals would come to him for aid but would
never disturb him while in prayer. Hunters found animals collected outside
his cave, and upon seeing him in prayer, they arrested him. |
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St.
Bonaventure |
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tall
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SS $19.95
GF $24.95
KT $140.00 |
SS $29.95
GF $34.95
KT $325.00 |
SS $34.95
GF $39.95
KT $580.00 |
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Feast Day: July 15
Patron of Bowel Disorders
Bonaventure suffered from a
perilous sickness when a child, but the prayers of Saint Francis of Assisi
saved him. He studied philosophy in France and became a doctor of
theology. |
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| St. Boniface |
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#*BL-9009
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1-1/4"
tall
MEDAL ON CHAIN
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SS $19.95
GF $24.95
KT $140.00 |
SS $29.95
GF $34.95
KT $325.00 |
SS $34.95
GF $39.95
KT $580.00 |
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Feast Day: June 5
Patron of Tailors and Brewers
Boniface was a Benedictine monk
and a missionary. He used native traditions to convert Germans to
Christianity. He was martyred in Holland by a group of pagans. |
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| St. Brendan the
Navigator |
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#*BL-9018
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tall
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SS $19.95
GF $24.95
KT $140.00 |
SS $29.95
GF $34.95
KT $325.00 |
SS $34.95
GF $39.95
KT $580.00 |
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Feast Day: May 16
Patron of Sailors and Mariners
Saint Brendan established monasteries and traveled the seas, but little is
truthfully known of his voyages. It is said he encountered mermaids and
sailed to the Americas, but there is no proof to support the tales. |
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| St. Bridget of
Sweden |
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#*BL-9122
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#*BL-8122
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5/8"
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tall
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tall
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SS $19.95
GF $24.95
KT $140.00 |
SS $29.95
GF $34.95
KT $325.00 |
SS $34.95
GF $39.95
KT $580.00 |
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Feast Day: July
23
Patron of Widows and Sweden
Bridget was born to a wealthy
landowner and was married to Prince Ulf Gudmarsson at the age of thirteen.
She mothered eight children, one of which is Saint Catherine of Sweden,
and was lady-in-waiting to the Queen. After the death of her husband, she
turned to a life of religion, rejecting the title of princess. |
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| St. Brigid of
Ireland |
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GF $24.95
KT $140.00 |
SS $29.95
GF $34.95
KT $325.00 |
SS $34.95
GF $39.95
KT $580.00 |
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Feast Day:
February 1
Patron of Infants and Ireland
The daughter of a pagan Scottish
king and a slave, Brigid grew to be a beautiful daughter. She renounced
her beauty, praying to become ugly, so her many suitors would be turned
away. She became a nun and established double monasteries. She is also the
patron of children with unmarried parents. |
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| St. Bruno |
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#*BL-9270
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#*BL-8270
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tall
MEDAL ON CHAIN
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SS $19.95
GF $24.95
KT $140.00 |
SS $29.95
GF $34.95
KT $325.00 |
SS $34.95
GF $39.95
KT $580.00 |
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Feast Day:
October 6
Patron Against
Demonic Possession
Bruno was the creator of the
Carthusian Order and became a priest. He retreated to a mountain, becoming
a hermit to become nearer to God. He and his six companions spent their
days copying manuscripts, barely sleeping, and praying. |
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