Saint Therese Of The Roses Medallion by Oscar Ruffoni, French, Gold Plated, circa 1910 With 18" 925 Silver Chain
The medallion depicts Saint Therese of The Roses, also known as 'The Little Flower' and Saint Therese of Liseux. It was designed and made by the famous French engraver and medallist Oscar Ruffony.
Oscar Ruffony was born in 1874 at Magadino in Switzerland but but became a prolific and talented artist in bronze and silver in France in the early part of the 20th century.
I would like to thank The Little Flower Society who can be contacted at www.littleflower.org for this extract from their website.
St. Therese loved nature, and often used the imagery of nature to explain how the Divine Presence is everywhere, and how everything is connected in God's loving care and arms. Therese saw herself as "the Little Flower of Jesus" because she was just like the simple wild flowers in forests and fields, unnoticed by the greater population, yet growing and giving glory to God. Therese did not see herself as a brilliant rose or an elegant lily, by simply as a small wild flower. This is how she understood herself before the Lord - simple and hidden, but blooming where God had planted her.
This is the reason that wherever you see an image of Saint Therese she is either carrying roses or has roses at her feet and this clearly separates her images from those of The Virgin Mary.
The inscrition on the front is 'Ste Teresia a Infante Jesus'. When Saint Terese entered the Carmelite monastery she was given a new name in religion. Saint Terese had two. The first was promised to her at nine, by Mother Marie de Gonzague, of the Child Jesus, and was given to her at her entry into the convent. Hence the inscription on the front. Yet when she received the veil, Thérèse herself asked Mother Marie de Gonzague to confer upon her the second name of the Holy Face.
This explains the depiction on the reverse of the cross draped with the shroud of Turin which displays the face of Our Lord Jesus Christ.
This lovely medal measures 2 x 1.5 centimetres in and weighs 2.4 grams
The medallion depicts Saint Therese of The Roses, also known as 'The Little Flower' and Saint Therese of Liseux. It was designed and made by the famous French engraver and medallist Oscar Ruffony.
Oscar Ruffony was born in 1874 at Magadino in Switzerland but but became a prolific and talented artist in bronze and silver in France in the early part of the 20th century.
I would like to thank The Little Flower Society who can be contacted at www.littleflower.org for this extract from their website.
St. Therese loved nature, and often used the imagery of nature to explain how the Divine Presence is everywhere, and how everything is connected in God's loving care and arms. Therese saw herself as "the Little Flower of Jesus" because she was just like the simple wild flowers in forests and fields, unnoticed by the greater population, yet growing and giving glory to God. Therese did not see herself as a brilliant rose or an elegant lily, by simply as a small wild flower. This is how she understood herself before the Lord - simple and hidden, but blooming where God had planted her.
This is the reason that wherever you see an image of Saint Therese she is either carrying roses or has roses at her feet and this clearly separates her images from those of The Virgin Mary.
The inscrition on the front is 'Ste Teresia a Infante Jesus'. When Saint Terese entered the Carmelite monastery she was given a new name in religion. Saint Terese had two. The first was promised to her at nine, by Mother Marie de Gonzague, of the Child Jesus, and was given to her at her entry into the convent. Hence the inscription on the front. Yet when she received the veil, Thérèse herself asked Mother Marie de Gonzague to confer upon her the second name of the Holy Face.
This explains the depiction on the reverse of the cross draped with the shroud of Turin which displays the face of Our Lord Jesus Christ.
This lovely medal measures 2 x 1.5 centimetres in and weighs 2.4 grams
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