CRUCIFIX SAN BENEDETTO IN NATIONAL OLIVE TREE

MEDAL OF ST. BENEDICT The letters on the reverse side of the Medal and their signification

C.S.P.B. Crux Sancti Patris Benedecti (The Cross of Holy father Benedict)

C.S.S.M.L. Crux Sancta Sit Mihi Lux (May the Holy cross be my light)

N.D.S.M.D. Non Draco Sit Mihi Dux (May the dragon be not my leader)

V.R.S. Vade Retro, Satana! (Away, Satan!)

N.S.M.V. Non Suade Mihi Vana (Entice me not with deceits)

S.M.Q.L. Sunt mala Quae Libas (What you offered is evil)

I.V.B. Ipse Venena Bibas (Drink your poison yourself)

THE CRUCIFIX MEDAL OF ST. BENEDICT

Among the numerous medium Holy Mother Church offers to bring help to the dying. She certifies The Cross of a happy death and the Medal of St. Benedict. The Popes have granted a Planary Indulgence to this combination. To facilitate the gaining of this Indulgence, we have the placement of the smaller cross of a Happy Death supporting the Medal of St. Benedict which is palced in the center on the back of the cross. One of the inscriptions on the Medal brings this wish in prayer form to mond: “ejus in obitu nostro praesentia muniasmur”, “We desire you in our hour of death to be our armour by your property and presence”.