Detente bala
"Detente bala" is an inscription used by Spanish soldiers from the 18th century.
The phrase detente bala means "stop, bullet" in Spanish. The whole motto is usually written Detente bala, el Corazon de Jesús está conmigo! meaning: "Stop, bullet, Jesus Christ Sacred Heart is with me (or protects me)!"
Patches of cloth with the phrase around a Sacred Heart of Jesus were worn on the chest as a protection and later as a piece of cloth under the name\rank badge (usually as close to the heart as possible). The devotion is derived by the badges of the Sacred Heart promoted by 17th-century saint Margaret Mary Alacoque against epidemics. They are still used by the Spanish soldiers in the 21st century.[1]
References
- Detente in the Diccionario de la Real Academia Española.
- ^ "El Regimiento "Príncipe" n.º 3 se presenta a su Patrona". ejercito.defensa.gob.es (in Spanish). Regimiento de Infantería 'Principe' nº 3. 24 October 2018. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
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