Original 1983 PORTUGUESE BRONZE MEDAL - numbered 726-1000 on the edge

by Sculptor Vasco Berardo (Vasco Berardo, Coimbra 1933 - Coimbra 2017)

PORTUGUESE SANCTUARY OF OUR LADY OF SAMEIRO / DECORATION and TEXT IN PORTUGUESE

in Portuguese: "Sanctuary of Our Lady of Sameiro"

The Sanctuary of Our Lady of Sameiro or Sanctuary of Sameiro (Portuguese: Santuário de Nossa Senhora do Sameiro / Santuário do Sameiro) is a sanctuary and Marian shrine in Espinho, in the surroundings of the city of Braga, Portugal. Its construction was initiated in the 19th century, by Father Martinho da Silva, in neoclassical style. Artistically not have much interest except the silver tabernacle that we can see on the main altar and the image of the patron saint, held in Rome by the sculptor Eugénio Maccagnani and brought to the sanctuary in 1880.

Construction was begun on 14 July 1863 on the domed church of Nossa Senhora do Sameiro (Our Lady of Sameiro). The founder of the shrine was the Vicar of Braga, Padre Antonio Martinho Pereira da Silva. The sanctuary is the largest Marian devotional shrine in Portugal, second only to the Sanctuary of Fátima.

Pope Pius IX granted the decree of Canonical coronation towards the Marian image on 22 December 1876. The rite of coronation was executed on 12 June 1904 via Archbishop Giuseppe Macchi.

Pope John Paul II visited the Marian shrine on 15 May 1982. from Wikipedia

Size:  circa 3.54 inches  = 90 mm //  Weight - circa 277gr

Condition: Please see pictures. Please note I do not clean old or vintage items. 

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