Item 202000968 - The Legend of the Champagnat Medal by Walter Cronje

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The Legend of the Champagnat Medal by Walter Cronje

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  • 2012 (Creation)

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The Legend of the Champagnat Medallion
Up until the late 1980’s players selected for the First XV Rugby team would be presented with a
Champagnat Medallion which was to be sewn into the front of the collar of the prized black and gold
rugby shirt. The intention of the medallion was to keep its bearer safe and free from injury. Each
medallion contained a tiny perspex dome, enclosing a small piece of dark cloth approximately one
square millimetre in size. Legend has it that the cloth piece was a portion of one of Blessed (in those
days) Marcellin’s actual black habits he once wore. At the end of each season the medallions were
surrendered to the school and were sent back to the Vatican to be blessed and returned for use by
the next team. It’s unsure exactly when the practice ceased.

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Copyright St David's Marist Inanda

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Copyright St David's Marist Inanda

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Created by JE 28/09/2020

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