{"product_id":"saint-beatrice-da-silva-medal-necklace","title":"Saint Beatrice da Silva Medal Necklace – Foundress of the Immaculate Conception","description":"\u003ch2\u003e\u003cb\u003eSaint Beatrice da Silva, Foundress of the Immaculate Conception\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBeatrice was a Portuguese noblewoman, sister to the reformer Amadeus of Portugal, who served in the royal courts of both Portugal and Castile. While attending Queen Isabella of Castile, her beauty is said to have provoked the queen's jealousy, and she was imprisoned in a small cell. There she experienced a vision of the Virgin Mary instructing her to found a new religious order in Mary's honor. She escaped, took refuge in a Dominican monastery, and in 1484 founded the Monastery of the Holy Faith in Toledo, which grew into the Order of the Immaculate Conception, still active today. She was canonized in 1976. She has no broad occupational patronage; her identity is tied directly to the order and devotion she founded.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Gift For...\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSomeone devoted to the Immaculate Conception or Marian spirituality\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA person who found clarity or purpose during a difficult confinement or season\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnyone drawn to founders and reformers within religious life\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA person of Portuguese or Spanish heritage\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSomeone who values quiet resilience over public vindication\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Confirmation Gift for Beatrice\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBeatrice is the enduring English form of Beatrice, easy to engrave and instantly recognizable. For a young person drawn to quiet conviction and new beginnings, this medal ties that instinct to a woman who built something lasting out of one of the hardest periods of her life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Saint Beatrice da Silva Medal\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe medal shows Beatrice veiled and haloed, marked with the star on her forehead traditional to her iconography, a Marian medallion at her chest, and lilies in hand. The natural gold or silver of the metal forms the illustration itself. Black ink is applied to the pendant surface and the metal shows through as the image. A shatterproof liquid glass coating seals the surface. The result has a depth and precision that printed medals don't achieve.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePersonalization and Engraving\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAdd a name, date, or short phrase in Tangerine cursive font, up to two lines, 20 characters per line. Fitting options: \"New Beginnings,\" a religious profession or Confirmation date, or a name.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSaint Beatrice's feast day is August 17th (September 1st in the Franciscan calendar)\u003c\/strong\u003e, and the order she founded eventually merged Franciscan and Cistercian traditions, becoming one of the few religious communities built specifically around devotion to the Immaculate Conception itself.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sanctum Medals","offers":[{"title":"Stainless Steel \/ No","offer_id":53669567037776,"sku":null,"price":55.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Stainless Steel \/ Yes","offer_id":53669567070544,"sku":null,"price":70.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"18k Gold Finish \/ No","offer_id":53669567103312,"sku":null,"price":70.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"18k Gold Finish \/ Yes","offer_id":53669567136080,"sku":null,"price":85.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0939\/7852\/6032\/files\/Saint-Beatrice-da-Silva-Medal-Gold-frontview.jpg?v=1790002469","url":"https:\/\/sanctummedals.com\/products\/saint-beatrice-da-silva-medal-necklace","provider":"Sanctum Medals","version":"1.0","type":"link"}