This large sterling silver medal captures Saint Mary Jacobe (mother of the apostle James and sister-in-law of the Blessed Mother) and Saint Mary Salome (mother of the apostles James and John) on one side. These two Marys were at the Empty Tomb with Mary Magdalene. The reverse of the medal has a Camargue cross and a guardian or cowboy, very familiar in the Camargue.
The medal measures 26mm in diameter.
SAINTES MARIES DE LA MER - In 47AD Mary Magdalene and her companions were forced out of Palestine after the Resurrection of Jesus and sailed in a boat from Palestine to Gaul (now France) landing in a fishing village near Marseille, which now claims the name Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer. Saint Sarah was the young woman who greeted them when their boat landed. There is an annual gathering in the town of Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer. May 24th is Sarah's Procession (the patron saint of the Gypsies) and May 25th is a procession to venerate the memories of the three saints.
This large sterling silver medal captures Saint Mary Jacobe (mother of the apostle James and sister-in-law of the Blessed Mother) and Saint Mary Salome (mother of the apostles James and John) on one side. These two Marys were at the Empty Tomb with Mary Magdalene. The reverse of the medal has a Camargue cross and a guardian or cowboy, very familiar in the Camargue.
The medal measures 26mm in diameter.
SAINTES MARIES DE LA MER - In 47AD Mary Magdalene and her companions were forced out of Palestine after the Resurrection of Jesus and sailed in a boat from Palestine to Gaul (now France) landing in a fishing village near Marseille, which now claims the name Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer. Saint Sarah was the young woman who greeted them when their boat landed. There is an annual gathering in the town of Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer. May 24th is Sarah's Procession (the patron saint of the Gypsies) and May 25th is a procession to venerate the memories of the three saints.
