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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 257498, member: 2844&quot;]It looks like bone, so that would be ok.</p><p><br /></p><p>As you thought 1830 is not the date of manufacture. It the date of the miraculous vision of that particular manifestation of Mary. It is &#039;Saint Mary of the Miraculous Medal&#039;, also called Mary of Rue du Bac (Paris, France) and our Lady of all Nations.</p><p>This Mary appeared to Catherine Labouré in a vision in 1830, a time when popular Catholicism was very important. This is one of the Marys with high appeal to those who adhere to popular Catholicism. She is beautiful and the rays that shine from her arms are a sign of heavenly grace.</p><p>Popular Catholicism is a people&#039;s movement in Catholicism. Its roots are to be found in pre-Christian worship, and it involves visions by common people, and pilgrimages to sites where the visions took place. It often inspires wonderful expressions of folklore, but also borrows from Catholic theology, especially the more mystical side of theology. Christian mystical symbols are often explained very differently in popular Catholicism. The official church is usually very doubtful of all this, since it has little control over the movement, but benefits from the fact that it keeps people going to church.</p><p>This graceful statue in the chapel in the Rue du Bac was made after Catherine&#039;s description:</p><p><img src="http://www.d-fav.de/joomla/images/stories/bilder/rue_du_bac.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>More explanation about the symbolism on the medal, from the viewpoint of popular Catholicism:</p><p><a href="http://www.chapellenotredamedelamedaillemiraculeuse.com/langues/english/apparitions-et-la-medaille-miraculeuse-gb/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.chapellenotredamedelamedaillemiraculeuse.com/langues/english/apparitions-et-la-medaille-miraculeuse-gb/" rel="nofollow">http://www.chapellenotredamedelamedaillemiraculeuse.com/langues/english/apparitions-et-la-medaille-miraculeuse-gb/</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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