St. Catherine Laboure (1806-1876) holy medal

A holy medal of St. Catherine Laboure (1806-1876). The medal is Italian made. Memorial is November 28. St. Catherine Laboure holy medal -- French Catholic saint, patron of pigeon farmers. Miraculous Medal visionary Ninth of eleven children born to a farm family, and from an early age Catherine felt a call to the religious life. Never learned to read or write. Forced to take over running the house at age eight after her mother died and her older sister joined the Sisters of Charity. Worked as a waitress in her uncle’s cafe in Paris, France. Upon entering a hospital run by the Sisters of Charity she received a vision in which Saint Vincent de Paul told her that God wanted her to work with the sick, and she later joined the Order, taking the name Catherine. On 18 July 1830 she had a vision of Our Lady who described to her a medal which she wished struck. On one side it has the image of Our Lady, and the words, “O Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee”; on the