Latin Text Selections

The Latin:

VRSNSMV: Vade retro, Satanas. Numquam suade mihi uanas.

The English:

Begone, Satan. Do not tempt me with vanities.

[For more on the famous cross-medal, visit the Benedictine Home. The picture is from there, too.]

The Latin:

Eius in obitu nostra praesentia muniamur.

The English:

May his presence strengthen us in the hour of our death.

[For more on St. Benedict's cross-medal, visit the official site.]

The Latin:

NDSMD: Non draco sit mihi dux.

The English:

May the dragon (devil) be not to me a guide.

[For more on the jubilee cross-medal of St. Benedict, visit the official site.]

The Latin:

CSSML: Crux sacra sit mihi lux.

The English:

May the Holy Cross be to me a light.

[For more on the jubilee cross-medal of St. Benedict, visit the official Benedictine website]