Saint Alena Religious Medal - 3/4 Inch Size of a Nickel -Solid 14K Yellow Gold

CHAIN IS NOT INCLUDED Available in Solid 14K Yellow Gold, White Gold, & Sterling Silver Size Reference: 17mm is the size of a US dime 21mm is the size of a US nickel 24mm is the size of a US quarter Saint Alena (died c. 640) is a Christian saint. Born in Dilbeek, just outside Brussels, Belgium, she was baptized without the knowledge of her pagan parents. She had to secretly attend mass and one night her father told his guards to follow her. Her father came to the conclusion that Christians had bewitched her into conversion. When her fathers guards tried to arrest her she resisted, and during the fighting she lost her arm. Her severed arm was taken by an angel and placed before the altar in the chapel she attended. After these miracles her mother and father converted to Christianity. In traditional art she is seen with one arm severed, healing a blind man, or with an angel helping her. The chapel in Forest, Belgium, a municipality of Brussels, holds her relics and is a popular pilgrimage site, and she is the patron saint of eye trouble and toothaches.