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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Devotional Medals |
 | | The jetons were strictly speaking counters, i.e., they were thin pieces of metal, mostly latten, a sort of brass, stamped an both sides with some device and originally used in conjunction with a comptoir (i.e., an abacus or counting board) to perform arithmetical computations. |
 | | One is printed by Knox in the "Douay Diaries", P. 367: The Apostolic Indulgences attached to medals, rosaries and similar objects by all priests duly authorized, are analogous to these. |
 | | Quite recently [1911] Pius X has sanctioned the use of a blessed medal to be worn in place of the brown and other scapulars. |
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