The image of Saint Columban is accompanied by an invocation for weakened minds. Julio connects it with torments, sorrows, and inner suffering.
Read the symbolism
The notice explains the sign through its inscription: Saint Columban is invoked as protector of vulnerable minds. The central figure gives presence to this request. Julio specifies elsewhere that intention and blessing can direct certain images toward the intercession of another saint.
The attributed effects
The author attributes effects to it in mental and nervous disorders, moral depression, torments, and sorrows. His text uses old medical categories and terms; this entry retains their historical meaning without presenting them as current diagnoses.
Its use by Julio
The sign is described as blessed and consecrated, with an intention of prayer for the suffering person. The notice does not prescribe any particular material procedure to add to this intercession.
A personal reading
A personal reading may accompany a prayer of gentleness toward oneself or a loved one. Take time to acknowledge the pain, then formulate an intention of presence, rest, and human support.
The source and variants
The engraving is mentioned in the Liturgical Prayers, p. 543. The old notice bears number 44, which does not correspond to this sign's position in the classic directory of the 44 pantacles.
Abbé Julio, The Secret Book of Great Exorcisms and Blessings, Vincennes, at the author's, 1908. Explanation and application no. 44, pp. 437–438. Practical advice on blessed and consecrated supports: pp. 462–463.
Classic directory numbering: 17 of 44. This numbering differs from the inventory of engravings in the old volumes.
Read the notice in the 1908 edition
Image: historical reproduction distributed by Oracles.ch. The reproduction does not make it possible to identify its edition precisely; it has been preserved at its native resolution, without redrawing the characters or artificial enlargement. The text of the entry is based on the 1908 notice.
