This beautiful vintage medal of Ste Marie Madeleine a la Ste Baume on the front and Ste Marie Madeleine au St. Pilon on the back is one of my favorites in my Magdalene Collection. All medals in the collection are recast in sterling silver and then plated in 18K gold. This one is quite large (27.5mm x 32mm) and is complete with an 18K gold vermeil bail ready to hang on your favorite chain.

SAINTE BAUME is the name of the Cave in the South of France where Mary Magdalene spent the last thirty years of her life. In Provincal dialect, Sainte Baume means "holy cave." ST. PILON is a tiny chapel built on the top of the mountain above the Cave of Mary Magdalene representing the place the angels carried her seven times a day and nourished her with heavenly food while she lived in the Cave - La Sainte Baume.