The influence of this Saint over the dark powers was very remarkable, and
he is especially venerated as “effugator daemonu.” The Medal of
S. Benedict has been found to be extremely potent against all evil spells.
During a trial for witchcraft in 1647 at Nattenberg near the Abbey of Metten
in Bavaria, the sorcerers acknowledged that their attempts against the monks
were foiled by the holy Medal. The possessed boys of Illfurt (Alsace),
1864-69, exhibited the utmost dread of S. Benedict's Medal.