圣本笃抵御邪恶的祈祷文：圣牌上的文字、其起源及保护祈祷文

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2024年5月24日

更新于

28 9 月, 2026

摘要

The prayer on the Saint Benedict medal is given in Latin and English, initial by initial: “Vade retro Satana” means “Begone, Satan,” and echoes Jesus’ words to Peter in the Latin text of Mark 8:33.
Benedict did not write it: the letters were found painted at Metten Abbey after a 1647 witchcraft trial, explained by a manuscript of 1415, and approved on medals by Pope Benedict XIV in 1741 and 1742.
The cup and raven on the medal come from Gregory the Great’s 对话录: a poisoned glass of wine that broke at the sign of the cross, and a poisoned loaf carried off by a crow.
New prayers to God cover protection, temptation, evil thoughts, an enemy, grave trouble, discouragement, peace at home, discernment and the armor of God, with a Catholic request for Benedict’s prayers.
The “Benedictus” searched for in German and Dutch is a different prayer, the Song of Zechariah (Luke 1:68–79), quoted from the 1928 Book of Common Prayer.
The Catechism of the Catholic Church (1673) says psychological illness “is a very different matter” from demonic possession and must be ruled out before an exorcism.

Most people who look for Saint Benedict’s prayer against evil mean the words stamped on his medal. In the Catholic Encyclopedia’s translation they read: “The Holy Cross be my light; let not the dragon be my guide. Begone, Satan, do not suggest to me thy vanities — evil are the things thou profferest, drink thou thy own poison.” If you are frightened by what feels like an attack of evil, or you hear or see things others do not, speak…

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