Antique French Religious Medal St. Quirin Patron Saint of Soldiers / Animals c1940

Antique French Religious Medal St. Quirin Patron Saint Soldiers / Animals c1940.

That medal is uncirculated from an old stock from the 1940's. We have a few of these in stock, so don't forget to check the quantity in case you would like more than one.

The last photo shows other medals from the same old stock, don't forget to take a look at them.

Size: 11/16 of an inch x 5/8 of an inch (without the bail)

About St. Quirin:
Saint Quirinus of Neuss (German: Quirin, Quirinus), sometimes called Quirinus of Rome (which is the name shared by another martyr) is venerated as a martyr and saint of the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches. His cult was centered at Neuss in Germany, though he was a Roman martyr. He died in 116.
The Martyrologium Hieronymianum assigns him under the feast day of April 30, the date that appears in the catalogue of Roman martyrs of the 4th century.
According to a document from Cologne dating from 1485, Quirinus' body was donated in 1050 by Pope Leo IX to an abbess of Neuss named Gepa (who is called a sister of the pope). In this way the relics came to the Romanesque Church of St. Quirinus at Neuss (Quirinus-Münster) which still exists. A statue of Quirinus sits atop the church (which Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte attempted to plunder during the Napoleonic Wars).
Inhabitants of that city invoked him for aid during Siege of Neuss by Charles the Bold that occurred in 1474-5. His cult spread to Cologne, Alsace, Scandinavia, western Germany, the Netherlands, and Italy, where he became the patron saint of Correggio. Numerous wells and springs were dedicated to him, and he was invoked against the bubonic plague, smallpox, and gout; he was also considered a patron saint of animals, knights, soldiers and horsemen.