Anne
Van Tilburg
wrote:
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Hi, guys —
Someone recently gave me a medal with the
inscription on one side:
Vaticano Città del and a
dove.
On the other side was:
PAVLVS VI PMA XII MCML XXIV and the Vatican
emblem.
- Would you be able to tell me what these words
mean?
Yours truly,
Anne
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Can
someone translate the inscription on this
medal for me? }
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Mike
replied:
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Hi, Anne —
All I could find out was: Città del
Vaticano means: Vatican City
I have no idea what:
PAVLVS VI PMA XII MCML XXIV
means.
Maybe my colleagues have an idea.
Mike
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Richard
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Hi, Anne —
(PAVLVS VI PMA XII MCML XXIV) is a
Latin abbreviation, referring to
Pope Paul VI, who was in office when
the medal was struck:
- PAVLVS VI = Paul VI (In Latin inscriptions,
V is used in place of U)
- PMA = pontifex maximus,
supreme pontiff
- XII = twelfth year of his reign
- MCMLXXIV = the year 1974
— RC
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