Detente bala

"Detente bala" is an inscription used by Spanish soldiers in the 19th and 20th centuries.

Detente!
Detente! - Prayer

The phrase detente bala means "stop, bullet" in Spanish.

Patches of cloth with the phrase around a Sacred Heart of Jesus were worn on the chest as a protection. The devotion is derived by the badges of the Sacred Heart promoted by 17th-century saint Margaret Mary Alacoque against epidemics.[1] They are still used by some Spanish soldiers in the 21st century.[1]

See also
  • The ghost shirts of the followers of the Ghost Dance Native American movement were believed to protect them from bullets.

References
  1. "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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