Show FINGER RINGS during the century in france and spain gifts of valuable rings to statues of tho saints and virgin fary were very common one statue in barcelona is said to rings valued at pilgrim rings were formerly sold at every noted shrine in christendom they were purchased by pilgrims preparing to return home and were regarded as evidence that the pilgrimage had been really performed the coronation ring of great britain ia of gold luth a large and very valuable ruby setting during the coronation ceremonies it is placed on the fourth finger of the sovereign by the archbishop of canterbury according to jhc thc traditions of the early church joseph and mary were espoused with an amethyst ring this by some persons is supposed bup posed to be hie reason why episcopal rings were often set with the same stone in the first century before christ had a very large collection or museum of signet rings it was insinuated against him that his collection contained the signet of every leading potentate of his time |