A vintage, signed, silver over bronze B Emilie Tavernier Gamelin Medal relic medal. The front has B Emilie Tavernier Gamelin Medal with the inscription 1800-1851. The reverse has a linen clothing relic with the inscription "Ex Indumentis". Made/Stamped in Italy. She was a French Canadian social worker and Roman Catholic religious sister. She is best known as the founder of the Sisters of Providence of Montreal. Unique medal! 
 
"In 1983, an inquiry into Gamelin's canonization cause was begun by a diocesan tribunal. The evidence heard by the tribunal was compiled into a document called a positio, which was sent to Rome and presented to the Congregation for the Causes of the Saints. The positio was examined by a committee of expert theologians and, upon their recommendation, Pope John Paul II declared Gamelin to be Venerable (the second of the four stages of sainthood) on 23 December 1993.

Also in 1983, a 13-year-old boy named Yannick Fréchette was observed to make a surprising recovery from leukemia following prayer directed to Mother Émilie Gamelin.

The medical file relating to this case was submitted to doctors in Rome, and in 1999 those doctors unanimously declared Fréchette's recovery to be a miracle, attributable to the intercession of Gamelin. The healing was formally acknowledged as an authentic miracle by Pope John Paul II on 18 December 2000. The declaration of a miracle enabled Gamelin to meet the requirements for beatification, the third of the four stages of sainthood, and on 7 October 2001 Pope John Paul II beatified her. As a result of her beatification, Gamelin received the title "Blessed", and public veneration to her was authorized by the Roman Catholic Church in areas associated with her."
 
Clothing Relic
It measures 3/4" in diameter.
It is in great vintage condition. Some patina due to age.
 
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