This Franciscan Crown Rosary has seven decades of brown wood beads and features a St. Francis medal.

• The Franciscan historian Luke Wadding (1588-1657) dates the origin of the Franciscan Crown to the year 1422. He tells the story of a young novice in the Franciscan Order. He was accustomed to expressing his devotion to the Blessed Virgin by adorning her statue with a wreath of fresh flowers, but was prevented from continuing this practice in the novitiate. When he considered leaving the Order, the Blessed Virgin appeared to him and instructed him to recite a rosary of seven decades in honor of her seven joys; and in doing so he would weave a crown more pleasing to her than flowers on her statue. From that time the practice of reciting the crown of the seven joys became a practice in the Franciscan order. Thus it became known as the Franciscan Crown Rosary.
• Materials: Brown Wood Beads, Metal
• Gift Boxed