PicturesOnGold.com San Juan Macias Religious Medal Pandant - 2/3 x 2/3 inch Size of Dime, Sterling Silver

CHAIN IS NOT INCLUDED Available in Solid 10K &14K Religious Yellow or White Gold, or Sterling Silver Size Reference: 17mm is the size of a US dime 19mm is the size of a US nickel 25mm is the size of a US quarter Saint Emeric of Hungary (Hungarian: Szent Imre herceg) also Henricus, Emery, Emerick, Emmerich, Emericus or Americus (c. 1007 2 September 1031) was the son of King St. Stephen I of Hungary and Giselle of Bavaria. He is assumed to be the second son of Stephen, he was named after his uncle, St. Henry II, and was the only one of Stephens sons who reached adulthood. Emeric was educated in a strict and ascetic spirit by the bishop of Csand, St. Gerhard (St. Gellrt) from the age of 15 to 23. He was intended to be the next monarch of Hungary, and his father wrote admonitions to prepare him for this task. His father tried to make Emeric co-heir still in his lifetime. He married in the year 1022. The identity of his wife is disputed. Some say it was Irene Monomachina, a relative of Byzantine emperor Constantine IX Monomachos, or a female member of the Argyros family to which Byzantine emperor Romanos III Argyros belonged. Other say it was Patricissa of Croatia, the daughter of Kreimir III of Croatia. Another possible person may have been Adelaide/Rixa of Poland or one of her unnamed sisters. But his fathers plans could never be fulfilled: on 2 September 1031, at age 24, Emeric was killed by a boar while hunting. It is assumed that this happened in Hegykzszentimre (presently Sntimreu, Romania). He was buried in the church of Szkesfehrvr. Several wondrous healings and conversions happened at his grave, so on 5 November 1083 King Ladislaus I unearthed Emerics bones in a large ceremony, and Emeric was canonised for his pious life and purity along with his father and Bishop Gerhard by Pope Gregory VII. St. Emeric is most often pictured in knights armour with crown and lily. I