AUTHENTIC MID-2000s ITALIAN CATHOLIC PAPAL TRANSITION PILGRIMAGE COMMEMORATIVE ROSARY produced to celebrate the papal transition in 2005 - medallion portraits of the outgoing and incoming pope and renderings of the four papal Basilicas in Rome as separate stations of pilgrimage. IMPORTED FROM ITALY

PRICE: $65

Classification: Roman Basilica / Dual-Pope Pilgrim Rosary
Materials: Cobalt blue molded glass beads and silver-tone base metal (likely oxidized zamak)
Age: Produced circa 2005–2013 (during or immediately following the transition from Pope John Paul II to Pope Benedict XVI)
Significance: The medals form a pilgrim's route of the Four Major Basilicas of Rome

Beautiful Vintage Italian Catholic Pilgrim Rosary – Lovely 21.5-inch Catholic rosary featuring rich blue glass beads and silver-tone medals, stamped "ITALY" on the crucifix. The central medal commemorates Pope Benedict XVI and Pope John Paul II.

Centerpiece Medal: Features Pope Benedict (Benedictus XVI) on the front and Pope John Paul II (Johannes Paulus II) on the back.
Four Connector Medals: (These represent the Four Major Papal Basilicas of Rome)
1. Front: Basilica Santi Paul / Back "Sainte Paule Ora Pro Nobis" – Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls.
2. Front: Basilica Maria Au Nives/ Back: Sancta Maria de Nives – Basilica of St. Mary Major (also known historically as Santa Maria ad Nives or Our Lady of the Snows, representing the legendary summer snowfall that marked the church's founding site)
3. Front: Basil Sanctus Avati (often Sanctus Joannes / St. John) / Back: Sancti Johannes – Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran.
4. Front: Basilica Sancti Pietro / Back: "Sancti Pietre ora pro nobis" – Saint Peter's Basilica in the Vatican.

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