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© Albator (CC BY-NC-SA)
Jean-Baptiste de La Salle - Médaille décernée au mérite, Pensionnat des Frères Chrétiens à Lyon ND
| Bronze | 27.4 g | 39 mm |
| Location | France |
|---|---|
| Issuing entity | Pensionnat des Frères des Écoles chrétiennes |
| Period | Third Republic (1870-1940) |
| Type | Award medals › Scholastic, academic and scientific awards |
| Composition | Bronze |
| Weight | 27.4 g |
| Diameter | 39 mm |
| Thickness | 3.5 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Updated | 2024-11-12 |
| Numista | N#342909 |
|---|---|
| Rarity index | 97% |
Reverse
Inscriptions around and in the field.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
PENSIONNAT DES FRÈRES DES ÉCOLES CHRÉTIENNES •
✟ / DÉCERNÉE / AU / MÉRITE / A LYON
MONTÉE ST BARTHÉLEMY •
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Plain
Comment
Saint Jean-Baptiste de La Salle, born on April 30, 1651 in Reims and died on April 7, 1719 at the manor house of Saint-Yon, on the outskirts of Rouen, was a French clergyman and pedagogical innovator who devoted his life to educating poor children. He was the founder of the Brothers of the Christian Schools. Canonized in 1900, he is celebrated on April 7. (Wikipedia)The Brothers of the Christian Schools or Lasalliensa (in Latin Fratres Scholarum Christianarum) are a lay male congregation of pontifical right.
Generalate: 1804-1821 in Lyon, Maison du Petit-Collège, place du Petit-Collège, (Wikipedia)
