Catholic Jewellery
Prayer beads were very common during the late Middle Ages among the largely illiterate populace. It wasn't until the rosary approbation in 1520 that the Catholic Church officially accepted prayer beads. Throughout the world, the word "bead" is akin to prayer. In the Catholic Church the term rosary is derived from the Latin word rosarium, or rose garden Rosary beads are thought to aid believers in entering a permanent garden within which they are free to meditate on their faith.
Catholic jewellery is made from a variety of gemstones, trees, and seeds. For monasteries, wood is more common, and among the populace more decorative rosaries are found. Some materials have no religious significance, while others, such as the olive tree in Bethlehem that have been bearing fruits since Jesus and the Romans time, are used.
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