St. Anselm Of Canterbury Medal
This St. Anselm Of Canterbury Medal and Necklace features a pendant with a hand pressed image of St. Anselm of Canterbury surrounded by the words ‘St. Anselm Of Canterbury Pray for Us’.
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St. Anselm Medal
St. Anselm was born in northern Italy, about 1033. Very early in life he displayed a desire to join monastic life, so much so that when he learned that his father destined him for a military and courtly career, he prayed for an illness which might preserve him the duty. His prayer was heard; yet it was some time before he obtained his desire to become a religious.
After entering the monastery at Bec in Normandy, not many years passed before he was appointed its Prior and subsequently was elected Abbot. He was made Archbishop of Canterbury during the Lent of 1093, in spite of his protestations.
AnselmÂ’s Struggle
King William II who had fallen seriously ill, vowed to make up for all the wrongs he had committed against the Church, named Anselm to the vacant see of Canterbury. However, when his health returned, the King relapsed into his former sins, plundered the Church lands and scorned the Archbishop’s rebukes, forbidding him to go to Rome to receive the Pallium.
To settle these difficulties a Council was called at Rockingham, in Northamptonshire. The Archbishop addressed his people and explained that the first business was to discuss the obedience due to Pope and King respectively. The Bishops, frightened, would not stand by him, but the barons sided with the Saint, for they respected his courage and saw that his cause was their own.
Rather than yield to the King, the Archbishop went into exile. At last the King was obliged to submit to the holy, aged Archbishop. St. Anselm is known as the father of scholastic theology, and is famous for his devotion to Our Lady, as he established the Feast of the Immaculate Conceptions. It was on Wednesday in Holy Week, April 21, 1109, in the 16th year of his bishopric, and the 76th year of his life, that St. Anselm breathed his soul into the hands of his Creator.
May wearing this St. Anselm pendent remind us each to pursue God above all us, to share our faith with others even under the most challenging of conditions, and to live always with Christ.
St. Anselm of Canterbury Rosary
UPC: 617759187069
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