St. Michael scapular?

[RosaryGirl_777]

What is the scapular of St. Michael ?

Are St.Micheal medals used the same way as the brown scapular medals? Like how you can wear a medal of the brown scapular instead of the wool brown scapular. (I’m allergic to wool is why I’m asking)

Thanks

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Pax Chrísti.

 

[beckycmarie]

This scapular is the primary symbol of the Order of the Legion of Saint Michael, of which I am an aspirant in the secular expression.

The Scapular of St. Michael the Archangel

• Form: In outward form this scapular is different from the others, inasmuch as the two segments of cloth have the form of a small shield; of these one is made of blue and the other of black cloth, and of the bands likewise one is blue and the other black. Both portions of the scapular bear the well-known representation of the Archangel St. Michael slaying the dragon and the inscription “Quis ut Deus”.
• Order: Archconfraternity of the Scapular of St. Michael
• Origins: While this scapular originated under Pius IX, who gave it his blessing, it was first formally approved under Leo XIII. In 1878 a confraternity in honour of St. Michael the Archangel was founded in the Church of St. Eustachius at Rome, and in the following year in the Church of Sant’ Angelo in Pescheria (Sancti Angeli in foro Piscium). In 1880 Leo XIII raised it to the rank of an archconfraternity, which was expressly called the Archconfraternity of the Scapular of St. Michael.
• Use: The scapular is so associated with the confraternity that each member is invested with it.

Source: ReligionFacts.com