Rhodium-Plated 14k White Gold St. Benedict Pendant.75x.75 Inches (19x19 MM)

St. Benedict, the Father of Western monasticism and twin brother of Saint Scholastica, is considered the patron of monks, students and speleologists (cave explorers). He was born in Nursia, Italy and educated in Rome. He decided to live the life of a hermit and settled at the mountainous Subiaco, where he lived in a cave for three years. Benedict founded twelve communities for monks at Subiaco, Italy before moving to Monte Cassino to build the monastery that was to be the birthplace of Western monasticism. He organized the monks into a single monastic community and wrote his famous Rule. Seventy-three short chapters comprise the Rule. Its wisdom is of two kinds: spiritual (how to live a Christ centric life on earth) and administrative (how to run a monastery efficiently). It was to affect spiritual and monastic life in the West for centuries to come. He died at Monte Cassino on March 21 and was named patron protector of Europe by Pope Paul VI in 1964. His feast day is July 11.

Rhodium is hypoallergenic; it is a liquid metal extracted from platinum after being pulled from the mine. Rhodium plating makes a hard, smooth finish, creating a gorgeous white on gold giving it a very deep shine and is hypoallergenic.

It's fitting that this is finely crafted in gold, since gold is significant; it is said that spiritual energy and power are activated and awakened by wearing gold. The rich color of gold has long been related with Divine intelligence, fruitfulness, and faithfulness.

The rising price of gold makes this, quite simply, a great investment all around.

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