St Joseph and Our Lady of Graces Sterling Silver Medal

1" sterling silver St Joseph and Our Lady of Graces Cotignac double sided medal.

*Includes a jump ring to add medal to necklace or bracelet.  

Front of Medal: St Joseph is the patron saint of the Universal Church, families, fathers, workers (esp carpenters) and expectant mothers, among many others.

Back of Medal:  Our Lady of Graces is a devotion to the Virgin Mary. Several churches with this dedication often owe their foundation to thankfulness for graces received from the Virgin Mary. Also it is related to the Marian apparitions in which was revealed the Miraculous Medal, also known as the Medal of Our Lady of Graces.

Local tradition holds that in August 1519, Mary appeared to a woodcutter and requested a church be built and dedicated to her as "Our Lady of Graces". The Church of Our Lady of Graces in Cotignac was ransacked during the Revolution, but later restored.