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'{{Redirect|Saint Michael}} {{short description|Archangel in Jewish, Christian and Islamic teachings}} {{Infobox saint |honorific_prefix = [[Saint]] |name = Michael |image = File:Luca Giordano - The Fall of the Rebel Angels - Google Art Project.jpg |caption = |titles = Archangel, Prince of Heavenly Host |feast_day = *'''8 November''' (New Calendar Eastern Orthodox Churches) * '''8 November''' ([[Eastern Catholic Churches]]) * '''21 November''' (Old Calendar Eastern Orthodox Churches) * '''29 September''' ("[[Michaelmas]]") * '''8 May''' ([[Tridentine Calendar]]) * '''12th of each month in [[Coptic calendar]]''' (Coptic Churches) * Many other local and historical feasts |beatified_by= |canonized_date = [[Pre-Congregation]] |canonized_place = |canonized_by= |major_shrine= |attributes = [[Archangel]]; Treading on a dragon; carrying a banner, [[Scale armour|scales]], sword, and weighing souls |patronage = Protector of the Jewish people,<ref name="Bible gateway, Daniel 12:1">{{cite web|url=http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=daniel%2012;&version=31 |title=Bible gateway, Daniel 12:1 |publisher=Biblegateway.com |access-date=2010-07-21}}</ref> Guardian of the Catholic Church,<ref name=Alban >[[Alban Butler]], ''The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and other Principal Saints''. 12 vols. B. Dornin, 1821; p. 117</ref> Vatican City,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.news.va/en/news/benedict-xvi-joins-pope-francis-in-consecrating-va |title=Benedict XVI joins Pope Francis in consecrating Vatican to St Michael Archangel |publisher=news.va |access-date=2013-07-05}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ryTpAgAAQBAJ&q=Michael+patron+police&pg=PA72 |title=The Patron Saints Handbook |publisher=The Word Among Us Press |first=Mitch |last=Finley |year=2011 |isbn=978-1-59325403-2 |page=72 |access-date=2014-05-01}}</ref>{{Failed verification|date=June 2019}} sickness, [[police officers]], military<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=308 |title=St. Michael, the Archangel – Saints & Angels |publisher=Catholic.org |access-date=2012-12-27}}</ref> |issues= |venerated_in = All [[Christian denomination]]s which [[veneration of saints|venerate saints]]<br>[[Judaism]]<br>[[Islam]] }} '''Michael''' ({{IPA-he|mixaˈʔel|lang}}; {{lang-he|מִיכָאֵל|lit=[[Quis ut Deus?|Who is like El?]]|translit=Mīḳā'ēl}}; {{lang-el|Μιχαήλ|translit=Mikhaḗl}}; {{lang-la|Michahel}}; {{lang-cop|ⲙⲓⲭⲁⲏⲗ}}; {{lang-ar|ميخائيل ، مِيكَالَ ، ميكائيل|translit=Mīkā'īl, Mīkāl or Mīkhā'īl|lit=}})<ref>{{cite web | url=https://quran.com/2/98?translations=19,101,85,84,22,21,20,18,17,95 | title=Surah Al-Baqarah &#91;2:98&#93;}}</ref> is an [[archangel]] in [[Judaism]], [[Christianity]], and [[Islam]]. In [[Catholic Church|Catholic]], [[Eastern Orthodox]], [[Anglican]], and [[Lutheran]] systems of faith, he is called '''Saint Michael the Archangel''' and '''Saint Michael'''. In the [[Oriental Orthodox]] and [[Eastern Orthodox]] religions, he is called '''Saint Michael the Taxiarch'''.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://archive.org/search.php?query=%22St.%20Michael%20the%20Taxiarch%22&sin=TXT/|title= List of books attesting the title of "Saint Michael the Taxiarch"|language= en, de}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url= https://www.academia.edu/1897792|title= From Lieux de Pouvoir to Lieux de Mémoire: The Monuments of the Medieval Castle of Ioannina through the Centuries|author1= B. Osswald (PhD)|year= 2008|publisher= Edizioni Plus-Pisa University Press|isbn= 978-88-8492-558-9|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180802003211/https://www.academia.edu/1897792/From_Lieux_de_Pouvoir_to_Lieux_de_M%C3%A9moire_The_Monuments_of_the_Medieval_Castle_of_Ioannina_through_the_Centuries|archive-date= 2 August 2018|url-status= live}}</ref> In other [[Protestant]] churches, he is referred to as '''Archangel Michael'''. Michael is mentioned three times in the [[Book of Daniel]]. The idea that Michael was the advocate of the Jews became so prevalent that, in spite of the rabbinical prohibition against appealing to angels as intermediaries between [[God]] and his people, Michael came to occupy a certain place in the [[Jewish liturgy]]. In the [[New Testament]], Michael leads God's armies against [[Satan]]'s forces in the [[Book of Revelation]], where during the [[War in Heaven|war in heaven]] he defeats Satan. In the [[Epistle of Jude]], Michael is specifically referred to as "the archangel Michael". Sanctuaries to Michael were built by Christians in the 4th century, when he was first seen as a healing angel. Over time his role became one of a protector and the leader of the army of God against the forces of evil. ==Scriptural references== ===Hebrew Bible=== <!--THIS ARTICLE USED TO HAVE TOO MANY IMAGES AND THEY WERE CLEANED UP AND AN IMAGE GALLERY WAS CREATED. PLEASE DO NOT ADD ADDITIONAL IMAGES SINCE THAT WAS MAKING THE TEXT HARD TO READ AND CREATED OVERLAP PROBLEMS ON DIFFERENT SCREEN SIZES. IF YOU HAVE NEW (AND "IMPORTANT") IMAGES THEY CAN BE ADDED TO THE GALLERY AT THE END OF THE PAGE, NOT IN THE BODY OF THE ARTICLE. --> [[File:GuidoReni MichaelDefeatsSatan.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Guido Reni]]'s Michael (in [[Santa Maria della Concezione dei Cappuccini|Santa Maria della Concezione]] church, Rome, 1636) tramples Satan. A mosaic of the same painting decorates ''St. Michael's Altar'' in [[St. Peter's Basilica]].]] Michael is mentioned three times in the [[Hebrew Bible]] (the [[Old Testament]]), all in the [[Book of Daniel]]. The prophet [[Daniel (biblical figure)|Daniel]] has a vision after having undergone a period of fasting. [[s:Bible (American Standard)/Daniel#10:13|Daniel 10:13–21]] describes Daniel's vision of an angel who identifies Michael as the protector of [[Israelites]].<ref>''Who's who in the Jewish Bible'' by David Mandel 2007 {{ISBN|0-8276-0863-2}} p. 270</ref> At [[s:Bible (American Standard)/Daniel#12:1|Daniel 12:1]], Daniel is informed that Michael will arise during the "[[end times|time of the end]]".<ref>''Daniel: Wisdom to the Wise: Commentary on the Book of Daniel'' by Zdravko Stefanovic 2007 {{ISBN|0-8163-2212-0}} p. 391</ref> ===New Testament=== [[File:Anónimo - San Miguel Arcángel, 1708.jpg|thumb|Saint Michael, Archangel [[:es:Melchor Pérez de Holguín]], [[Bolivia]], ([[1708]])]] The [[Book of Revelation]] ([[s:Bible (American Standard)/Revelation#12:7|12:7–9]]) describes a [[War in Heaven|war in heaven]] in which Michael, being stronger, defeats Satan.<ref name=Art13 >''Revelation 12–22'' by John MacArthur 2000 {{ISBN|0-8024-0774-9}} pp. 13–14</ref> After the conflict, Satan is thrown to Earth along with the [[fallen angel]]s, where he ("that ancient serpent called the devil") still tries to "lead the whole world astray".<ref name=Art13 /> In the [[Epistle of Jude]] [[s:Bible (World English)/Jude#1:9|1:9]], Michael is referred to as an "archangel" when he again confronts Satan.<ref name=Guiley >''The Encyclopedia of Angels'', by Rosemary Guiley, 2004 {{ISBN|0-8160-5023-6}}, p. 49</ref> ===Quran=== Michael ([[Arabic]]: ميخائيل ''Mīkhā‘īl'', ميكائيل ''Mīkā‘īl'' ), is one of the two archangels mentioned in the [[Quran]], alongside [[Jibreel|Jibrail]] (Gabriel). In non-Quranic sources, such as ''Sahih Muslim,''<ref>Sahih Muslim, Book 004, Chapter 118 (supplication in the night prayer), Number 1694, p. 441/1800</ref> "[[Israfil]]" (sometimes spelled, "Israfel") is yet another Islamic 'archangel'.<ref>''Dictionary of Angels'', by Gustav Davidson, [https://books.google.as/books?id=kGXelGEMdWgC&pg=PA152&dq=Israfel&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiPo-udw-LhAhXHITQIHSiVAAYQ6AEIOTAE#v=onepage&q=Israfel&f=false p. 152]</ref><ref>''Angels, A to Z: Who's Who of the Heavenly Host,'' by Matthew Bunson, [https://books.google.as/books?id=9hzyxbMUqHoC&pg=PA145&dq=Israfel+muhammad&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjfnfuPxOLhAhV4JzQIHbi4BsgQ6AEILzAB#v=onepage&q=Israfel%20muhammad&f=false p. 145]</ref> In the Quran, Michael is mentioned once only, in [[Sura 2]]:98: "Whoever is an enemy to God, and His angels and His messengers, and Jibrail and Mikhail! Then, God (Himself) is an enemy to the disbelievers."<ref name="autogenerated1">Quran, sura 2 ([[Al-Baqara]]), ayat 98 {{Cite quran|2|98|s=ns}}</ref> Some Muslims {{specify|date=April 2019}}{{vague|date=April 2019}}{{who|date=April 2019}} believe that the reference in [[Sura 11]]:69 is Michael, one of the three angels who visited [[Abraham]].<ref name="autogenerated1"/> ==Religious faiths== ===Judaism=== According to rabbinic Jewish tradition, Michael acted as the advocate of Israel, and sometimes had to fight with the princes of the other nations (cf. 10:13) and particularly with the angel [[Samael]], Israel's accuser. Michael's enmity against Samael dates from the time when the latter was thrown down from heaven. Samael took hold of the wings of Michael, whom he wished to bring down with him in his fall; but Michael was saved by God.<ref>Midrash Pirke R. El. xxvi</ref><ref>{{cite encyclopedia | title = Jewish Encyclopedia – Michael | encyclopedia = Jewish Encyclopedia | url = http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=560&letter=M#1833 | access-date=2009-02-18}}</ref> Michael said, "May The Lord rebuke you" to Satan for attempting to claim the body of [[Moses]].<ref>Midrash Deut. Rabbah xi. 6</ref> [[File:Michael.svg|thumb|150px|Michael in [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]]]] The idea that Michael was the advocate of the Jews became so prevalent {{where|date=April 2019}} that in spite of the rabbinical prohibition against appealing to angels as intermediaries between God and his people, Michael came to occupy a certain place in the Jewish liturgy: "When a man is in need he must pray directly to God, and neither to Michael nor to [[Gabriel]]."<ref>Yer. Ber. ix. 13a</ref> Two prayers were written beseeching him as the prince of mercy to intercede in favor of Israel: one composed by Byzantine Jew [[Eliezer ben Kalir|Eliezer ha-Kalir]] (c. 570 – c. 640), and the other by [[Judah ben Samuel of Regensburg|Judah ben Samuel he-Hasid]] (1150 – 22 February 1217), a leader of the [[Chassidei Ashkenaz]] in [[Bavaria]]. But appeal to Michael seems to have been more common in ancient times {{where|date=April 2019}}{{when|date=April 2019}}. [[Jeremiah]] addresses a prayer to him.<ref>Baruch Apoc. Ethiopic, ix. 5</ref> The [[rabbi]]s declare that Michael entered upon his role of defender at the time of the biblical patriarchs. Rabbi Eliezer ben Jacob said that Michael rescued [[Abraham]] from the furnace into which he had been thrown by [[Nimrod]] (Midrash Genesis Rabbah xliv. 16). It is claimed that it was Michael, the "one that had escaped" (Genesis [[s:Bible (American Standard)/Genesis#14:13|14:13]]), who told Abraham that Lot had been taken captive (Midrash Pirke R. El.), and who protected Sarah from being defiled by Abimelech. It is also said that Michael prevented [[Isaac]] from being sacrificed by his father by substituting a ram in his place. He saved [[Jacob]], while yet in his mother's womb, from being killed by Samael.<ref>Midrash Abkir, in Yalḳ., Gen. 110</ref> Later Michael prevented Laban from harming Jacob.(''[[Pirke De-Rabbi Eliezer]]'', xxxvi). The [[midrash]] ''Exodus Rabbah'' holds that Michael exercised his function of advocate of Israel at the time of [[the Exodus]] also. Michael is also said to have destroyed the army of [[Sennacherib]].<ref>Midrash Exodus Rabbah xviii. 5</ref> ===Christianity=== <!--THIS ARTICLE USED TO HAVE TOO MANY IMAGES AND THEY WERE CLEANED UP AND AN IMAGE GALLERY WAS CREATED. PLEASE DO NOT ADD ADDITIONAL IMAGES SINCE THAT WAS MAKING THE TEXT HARD TO READ AND CREATED OVERLAP PROBLEMS ON DIFFERENT SCREEN SIZES. IF YOU HAVE NEW (AND "IMPORTANT") IMAGES THEY CAN BE ADDED TO THE GALLERY AT THE END OF THE PAGE, NOT IN THE BODY OF THE ARTICLE.--> ====Early Christian views and devotions==== [[File:Michael4.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Statue of Archangel Michael at the [[University of Bonn]], slaying Satan as a dragon; ''[[Quis ut Deus]]'' is inscribed on his shield]] Michael was venerated as a healer in [[Phrygia]] (modern-day Turkey).<ref name="Cathenc">{{cite web|url=https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10275b.htm|title=CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. Michael the Archangel|website=www.newadvent.org}}</ref> The earliest and most famous sanctuary to Michael in the ancient Near East was also associated with healing waters. It was the ''[[Michaelion]]'' built in the early 4th century by [[Emperor Constantine]] at [[Chalcedon]], on the site of an earlier temple called ''Sosthenion''.<ref name=Richard >Richard Freeman Johnson (2005), ''Saint Michael the Archangel in Medieval English Legend'' {{ISBN|1-84383-128-7}}; pp. 33–34</ref> [[Epiphanius of Salamis]] (c. 310–320 – 403) referred in his Coptic-Arabic ''Hexaemeron'' to Michael as a replacement of [[Satan]]. Accordingly, after Satan fell, Michael was appointed to the function Satan served when he was still one of the noble angels.<ref>Monferrer-Sala, J. P. (2014). "One More Time on the Arabized Nominal Form Iblīs", ''Studia Orientalia Electronica,'' 112, 55-70. Retrieved from https://journal.fi/store/article/view/9526</ref> A painting of the Archangel slaying a serpent became a major art piece at the Michaelion after Constantine defeated [[Licinius]] near there in 324. This contributed to the standard [[iconography]] that developed of Archangel Michael as a [[warrior saint]] slaying a dragon.<ref name=Richard /> The Michaelion was a magnificent church and in time became a model for hundreds of other churches in [[Eastern Christianity]]; these spread devotions to the Archangel.<ref>[[Anna Jameson]] (2004), ''Sacred and Legendary Art'' {{ISBN|0-7661-8144-8}}; p. 92</ref> In the 4th century, [[Basil the Great|Saint Basil the Great]]'s homily (''De Angelis'') placed Saint Michael over all the angels. He was called ''"Archangel"'' because he heralds other angels, the title Ἀρχαγγέλος (archangelos) being used of him in [[Epistle of Jude|Jude]] 1:9.<ref name=Cathenc /> Into the 6th century, the view of Michael as a healer continued in Rome; after a plague, the sick slept at night in the church of ''[[Castel Sant'Angelo]]'' (dedicated to him for saving Rome), waiting for his manifestation.<ref name=Butler320 >Alban Butler, ''The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and other Principal Saints''. 12 vols. Dublin: James Duffy, 1866; p. 320</ref> In the 6th century, the growth of devotions to Michael in the [[Western Church]] was expressed by the feasts dedicated to him, as recorded in the [[Leonine Sacramentary]]. The 7th-century [[Gelasian Sacramentary]] included the feast ''"S. Michaelis Archangeli"'', as did the 8th-century [[Sacramentary#The Gregorian Sacramentary|Gregorian Sacramentary]]. Some of these documents refer to a ''Basilica Archangeli'' (no longer extant) on [[via Salaria]] in Rome.<ref name=Cathenc /> The [[angelology]] of [[Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite|Pseudo-Dionysius]], which was widely read as of the 6th century, gave Michael a rank in the [[celestial hierarchy]]. Later, in the 13th century, others such as [[Bonaventure]] believed that he is the prince of the [[Seraphim]], the first of the nine angelic orders. According to [[Thomas Aquinas]] (''[[Summa Theologica|Summa]]'' Ia. 113.3), he is the Prince of the last and lowest choir, the Angels.<ref name=Cathenc /> ====Catholicism==== {{For|Roman Catholic views and prayers|Saint Michael (Roman Catholic)}} [[File:Jacopo vignali, san michele arcangelo libera le anime del purgatorio.jpg|thumb|upright|Archangel Michael ''[[Saint Michael (Roman Catholic)#Saving souls at the hour of death|reaching to save souls in purgatory]]'', by [[Jacopo Vignali]], 17th century]] [[Catholic Church|Catholic]]s often refer to Michael as "Holy Michael, the Archangel"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.catholic.org/prayers/prayer.php?p=12|title=Holy Michael, the Archangel, Defend Us in Battle - Prayers|first=Catholic|last=Online|website=Catholic Online}}</ref> or "Saint Michael", a title that does not indicate [[Canonization|canonisation]]. He is generally referred to in Christian [[litany|litanies]] as "Saint Michael", as in the [[Litany of the Saints]]. In the shortened version of this litany used in the [[Easter Vigil]], he alone of the angels and archangels is mentioned by name, omitting saints [[Gabriel]] and [[Raphael (archangel)|Raphael]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://www.google.com/search?q=Cadwallader+Michael+Chonai&btnG= |first=Alan H.|last=Cadwallader|author2=Michael Trainor|title=Colossae in Space and Time|publisher=Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht|year=2011 |isbn=978-3-525-53397-0| page=323|access-date=2012-12-27}}</ref> In [[Saint Michael (Roman Catholic)|Roman Catholic teachings]], Saint Michael has four main roles or offices.<ref name=Cathenc/> His first role is the leader of the Army of God and the leader of heaven's forces in their triumph over the powers of hell.<ref name=Donna60 >Donna-Marie O'Boyle, ''Catholic Saints Prayer Book'' OSV Publishing, 2008 {{ISBN|1-59276-285-9}} p. 60</ref> He is viewed as the angelic model for the virtues of the ''spiritual warrior'', with the conflict against evil at times viewed as the ''battle within''.<ref name=Starr2 >Starr, Mirabai. ''Saint Michael: The Archangel'', Sounds True, 2007 {{ISBN|1-59179-627-X}} p. 2</ref> [[File:Stift Rein - Bibliothek, Antiphonale Cisterciense, Miniatur Erzengel Michael.jpg|thumb|left|upright|''St. Michael weighing souls during the [[Last Judgement]]'', ''Antiphonale Cisterciense'' (15th century), Abbey Bibliotheca, [[Rein Abbey, Austria]]]] The second and third roles of Michael in Catholic teachings deal with death. In his second role, Michael is the angel of death, [[psychopomp|carrying the souls]] of all the deceased to heaven. In this role Michael descends at the hour of death, and gives each soul the chance to redeem itself before passing; thus consternating the devil and his minions. Catholic prayers often refer to this role of Michael. In his third role, he weighs souls in his perfectly balanced scales. For this reason, Michael is often depicted holding scales.{{sfn|Starr|p=39}} In his fourth role, Saint Michael, the special patron of the Chosen People in the Old Testament, is also the guardian of the Church. Saint Michael was revered by the military orders of knights during the [[Middle Ages in history|Middle Ages]]. The names of villages around the [[Bay of Biscay]] express that history. This role also was why he was considered the patron saint of a number of cities and countries.{{sfn|Butler|1821|p=117}}<ref name="ReferenceA">Michael McGrath, ''Patrons and Protectors''. Liturgy Training, 2001. {{ISBN|1-56854-109-0}}.</ref> Roman Catholicism includes traditions such as the ''[[Prayer to Saint Michael]],'' which specifically asks for the faithful to be "defended" by the saint.<ref>{{cite web|website=[[EWTN]] |title=Prayer to St Michael |url=http://www.ewtn.com/devotionals/prayers/michael.htm}}</ref><ref>Matthew Bunson, ''The Catholic Almanac's Guide to the Church'', OSV Publishing, 2001 {{ISBN|0-87973-914-2}} p. 315</ref><ref>Amy Welborn, ''The Words We Pray''. Loyola Press, 2004. {{ISBN|0-8294-1956-X}}, p. 101.</ref> The ''[[Chaplet of Saint Michael]]'' consists of nine salutations, one for each choir of angels.<ref name="Ann Ball p. 123">Ann Ball, ''2003 Encyclopedia of Catholic Devotions and Practices'' {{ISBN|0-87973-910-X}} p. 123</ref><ref>[[EWTN]] [http://www.ewtn.com/devotionals/prayers/chaplet-of-st-michael.htm "The Chaplet of St. Michael the Archangel]"</ref> =====Saint Michael the Archangel prayer===== {{Main|Prayer to Saint Michael#In the Leonine Prayers}} <poem> Blessed Michael, archangel, defend us in the hour of conflict. Be our safeguard against the wickedness and snares of the devil (may God restrain him, we humbly pray): and do thou, O Prince of the heavenly host, by the power of God thrust Satan down to hell and with him those other wicked spirits who wander through the world for the ruin of souls. Amen.<ref>{{cite book|author=James Joyce|title=Ulysses|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RFXCBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA80|date=17 April 2008|publisher=OUP Oxford|isbn=978-0-19-162349-3|page=80}}</ref> </poem> ====Eastern and Oriental Orthodoxy==== The [[Eastern Orthodox]] accord Michael the title ''Archistrategos'', or "Supreme Commander of the Heavenly Hosts".<ref>{{cite book|url=https://www.google.com/search?q=Baun+%22Michael+Archistrategos%22&btnG= |first=Jane|last=Baun|title=Tales from Another Byzantium|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=2007|isbn=978-0-521-82395-1|page=391 et passim |access-date=2012-12-27}}</ref> The Eastern Orthodox pray to their [[guardian angel]]s and above all to Michael and Gabriel.<ref>''Eastern Orthodox Theology: A Contemporary Reader'' by Daniel B. Clendenin (2003) {{ISBN|0801026512}}, p. 75</ref> The Eastern Orthodox have always had strong devotions to angels. In contemporary times they are referred to by the term of "Bodiless Powers".<ref name="EOEnc" /> A number of feasts dedicated to Archangel Michael are celebrated by the Eastern Orthodox throughout the year.<ref name="EOEnc">''The Encyclopedia of Eastern Orthodox Christianity'', by John Anthony McGuckin (2011) {{ISBN|1405185392}} p. 30</ref> Archangel Michael is mentioned in a number of Eastern Orthodox hymns and prayer, and his icons are widely used within Eastern Orthodox churches.<ref name="B16">''The Eastern Orthodox Church: Its Thought and Life'', by Ernst Benz (2008) {{ISBN|0202362981}}, p. 16</ref> In many Eastern Orthodox icons, Christ is accompanied by a number of angels, Michael being a predominant figure among them.<ref name="B16" /> In Russia, many monasteries, cathedrals, court and merchant churches are dedicated to the Chief Commander Michael; most Russian cities have a church or chapel dedicated to the Archangel Michael.<ref>''A Geography of Russia and Its Neighbors'', by Mikhail S. Blinnikov (2010) ISBN, p. 203</ref><ref>''Architectures of Russian Identity, 1500 to the Present'', by James Cracraft (2003) {{ISBN|0801488281}}, p. 42</ref> While in the [[Serbian Orthodox Church]] [[Saint Sava]] has a special role as the establisher of its autocephaly and the largest Belgrade church is devoted to him, the capital [[Belgrade]]'s Orthodox [[cathedral]], the [[St. Michael's Cathedral, Belgrade|see church]] of the patriarch, is devoted to Archangel Michael (in Serbian: ''Арханђел Михаило'' / ''Arhanđel Mihailo''). The place of Michael in the [[Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria]] is as a [[intercession of saints|saintly intercessor]]. He is the one who presents to God the prayers of the just, who accompanies the souls of the dead to heaven, who defeats the devil. He is celebrated liturgically on the 12th of each [[Coptic calendar|Coptic month]].<ref>''Two Thousand Years of Coptic Christianity'', by Otto Friedrich August Meinardus (2010) {{ISBN|977-424-757-4}} pp. 27, 117, 147</ref> In [[Alexandria]], a church was dedicated to him in the early fourth century on the 12th of the month of [[Paoni]]. The 12th of the month of [[Hathor (month)|Hathor]] is the celebration of Michael's appointment in heaven, where Michael became the chief of the angels.<ref>''Money, Land and Trade: An Economic History of the Muslim Mediterranean'', by Nelly Hanna (2002) {{ISBN|1-86064-699-9}}, p. 226</ref> ====Protestant views==== [[File:Erzengel Michael-Statue über dem Portal der St. Michaeliskirche Hamburg.jpg|thumb|Statue at [[St. Michaelis Church, Hamburg]]]] Some Protestant denominations recognize Michael as an archangel. Within Protestantism, the [[Anglican]] and [[Methodist]] tradition recognizes four angels as archangels: Michael, [[Raphael (archangel)|Raphael]], [[Gabriel]], and [[Uriel]].<ref name="Armentrout2000">{{cite book|last=Armentrout|first=Don S.|title=An Episcopal Dictionary of the Church|date=1 January 2000|publisher=Church Publishing, Inc.|language=en|isbn=9780898697018|page=14}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=The Methodist New Connexion Magazine and Evangelical Repository, Volume XXXV, Third Series |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7Q8EAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA493|year=1867|publisher=William Cooke|location=London|language=en|page=493}}</ref> The American evangelist [[Billy Graham]] wrote that in Sacred Scripture, there is only one individual explicitly described as an archangel—Michael—in Jude 1:9.<ref name="Billy Graham">[[Billy Graham|Graham, Billy]] (1995). ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=sDUbiV92-mIC&pg=PT31#v=twopage&q=archangel&f=false Angels]''. Thomas Nelson. {{ISBN|9780849938719}}. p. PT31.</ref><ref>Graham (1995) p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=sDUbiV92-mIC&pg=PT32#v=twopage&q=Gabriel%20not%20archangel&f=false PT32]</ref> Citing [[Hengstenberg]], John A. Lees, in ''International Standard Bible Encyclopedia'', states: "The earlier [[Protestant]] scholars usually identified Michael with the [[Pre-existence of Christ|pre-incarnate Christ]], finding support for their view, not only in the juxtaposition of the 'child' and the archangel in {{Bibleverse||Rev|12:1–17|ESV}}, but also in the attributes ascribed to him in [[Book of Daniel|Daniel]]."<ref name="Lees">{{cite web|url=http://www.internationalstandardbible.com/M/michael.html |title=John A. Lees, "Michael" in James Orr (editor), ''The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia''(Eerdmans 1939)|publisher=Internationalstandardbible.com |date=2007-07-06 |access-date=2012-12-27}}</ref> Such scholars include but are not limited to: # Martin Luther<ref>"The Angels of Michael; Revelation 12:7–12," by Robert W. Bertram, published in ''Cresset'' 21, No. 9 (September, 1958): 1214, [http://www.crossings.org/archive/bob/sermons/TheAngelsofMichael.pdf p. 2]</ref><ref>"Spirituality is for Angels – The Angels of Michael", by Robert W. Bertram, in ''Ecumenism, The Spirit and Worship,'' 126–169. Edited by Leonard J. Swindler. Pittsburgh: Duquesne University Press, 1967, [http://www.crossings.org/archive/bob/SPIRITUALITYISFORANGELS.pdf p. 4]</ref> # Hengstenberg with others<ref>The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia; James Orr, M.A., D.D., General Editor; John L. Nuelsen, D.D., LL.D.; Edgar Y. Mullins, D.D., LL.D. Assistant Editors; Morris O. Evans, D.D., Ph.D., Managing Editor; Volume III. Heresy-Naarah; Chicago, The Howard-Severance Company, 1915., PDF p. 693; Internally [https://archive.org/stream/cu31924095207126#page/n693/mode/1up p. 2048]</ref><ref>''The Imperial Bible-Dictionary,'' by the Rev. Patrick Fairbairn, D.D (1866), [https://archive.org/stream/theimperialbible02unknuoft#page/234/mode/1up p. 234]</ref><ref>''The Zondervan Encyclopedia of the Bible;'' Volume 4; M–P, Revised, Full-Color Edition; Merrill C. Tenney, General Editor/Moises Silva, Revision Editor. 2010 – https://books.google.com/books?id=S4MZREX03u0C&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false</ref> # Dr. W. L. Alexander [in Kitto], Prof. Douglas [in Fairbairn]<ref>''A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Bible'' (1868), by Sir William Smith, [https://archive.org/stream/comprehensivedic00smituoft#page/646/mode/1up pp. 645–646]</ref> # Jacobus Ode, Campegius Vitringa, Sr.<ref>''Prophecy viewed in respect to its distinctive nature, its special function, and proper interpretation.'' by Patrick Fairbairn, D.D. (1865), PDF p. 344; Internally [https://archive.org/stream/prophecyviewedi00fairgoog#page/n344/mode/1up p. 325]</ref><ref>''The Revelation of St. John, expounded for those who search the Scriptures.'' by E. W. Hengstenberg (1851), pp. 474–475; Internally pp. 466–467, with notations – https://archive.org/stream/revelationstjoh01fairgoog#page/n474/mode/1up https://archive.org/stream/revelationstjoh01fairgoog#page/n475/mode/1up</ref><ref>A Commentary Of The Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal And Homiletical, With Special Reference To Ministers And Students, By John Peter Lange, D.D. (1874), p. 248 – https://books.google.com/books?id=g5tBAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false</ref> # Philip Melanchthon, Broughton, Junius, Calvin, Hävernick<ref>The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary on the Old Testament (1892), pp. 227, 274 – https://archive.org/stream/homileticalcomme27robi#page/227/mode/1up https://archive.org/stream/homileticalcomme27robi#page/274/mode/1up</ref> # Polanus, Genevens, Oecolampadius & others,<ref>Andrew Willet, Sixfold Commentary (Hexapla in Danielem) (1610), p. 384 – http://rarebooks.dts.edu/viewbook.aspx?bookid=1422</ref> Adam Clarke<ref>William Baxter Godbey's Commentary on the New Testament; Revelation 12, p. 62 – http://www.studylight.org/commentaries/ges/view.cgi?bk=65&ch=12 http://www.enterhisrest.org/history/wg-rev.pdf</ref> # Samuel Horsley<ref>The London Encyclopedia, or Universal Dictionary, Volume. XIV. Medicine to Mithridates; Edited by Thomas Curtis, of Grove House School, Islington. 1839., p. 483 – https://books.google.com/books?id=5eQqJ-AGK-YC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false</ref><ref>The Monthly Review for January, 1806. By Ralph Griffiths., p. 333 – https://books.google.com/books?id=Ff7kAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false</ref> # Cloppenburgh, Vogelsangius, Pierce and others (Horsely)<ref>Sacred Dissertations, on what is commonly called the Apostles' Creed. By Herman Witsius, D.D. Professor of Divinity in the Universities of Franeker, Utrecht, and Leyden. Translated from the Latin, and followed with Notes, Critical and Explanatory, by Donald Fraser, Minister of the Gospel, Kennoway. In Two Volumes. Volume II. 1823., p. 538 – https://books.google.com/books?id=DKQPAAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false</ref> # John (Jean) Calvin<ref>Who is “The (Arch)angel of the Lord”?; Posted September 6, 2014 by Website Admin, by Francis Nigel Lee, p. 3, Web p. 2 – http://www.dr-fnlee.org/who-is-the-archangel-of-the-lord/2/</ref><ref>The Days of Vengeance, An Exposition of the Book of Revelation, by David Chilton, copyright 1987., p. 312 Notes, No. 27 – https://archive.org/stream/DaysOfVengeance-DavidChilton/Days of Vengeance David Chilton#page/n337/mode/1up</ref> # Isaac Watts, John Bunyan, Brown's Dictionary, James Wood's Spiritual Dictionary<ref>The Bible Doctrine of God, Jesus Christ, The Holy Spirit, Atonement, Faith, And Election; to which is prefixed some Thoughts of Natural Theology and the Truth of Revelation; by William Kinkade, pp. 152–154 – http://www.archive.org/stream/bibledoctrineofg00kink#page/152/mode/1up http://www.archive.org/stream/bibledoctrineofg00kink#page/153/mode/1up http://www.archive.org/stream/bibledoctrineofg00kink#page/154/mode/1up</ref> # and many others<ref>"Ezekiel, Daniel" edited by Carl L. Beckwith, p. 405 – https://books.google.com/books?id=gSMDd60ohdkC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false</ref> # for even before them, the Jewish commentators, such as Wetstein, Surenhusius, etc.<ref>A Cyclopaedia of Biblical literature; Volume III, by John Kitto, D.D., F.S.A. Third Edition (1876), p. 158 – https://books.google.com/books?id=7DAHAQAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false</ref> In the 19th Century, [[Charles Haddon Spurgeon]]<ref name="spurgeon baptist confession of faith">[http://www.spurgeon.org/~phil/creeds/bcof.htm#part2 The Baptist Confession of Faith (1689) – With slight revisions by C. H. Spurgeon] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100407070838/http://www.spurgeon.org/~phil/creeds/bcof.htm |date=2010-04-07 }} – spurgeon.org – Phillip R. Johnson – 2001 – Retrieved 12 September 2014.</ref><ref>[http://www.oneplace.com/ministries/spurgeon-sermons/read/devotionals/spurgeons-morning-and-evening/morning-and-evening-5-or-8-pm-551540-551540.html Morning and Evening – Charles Haddon Spurgeon] – Devotionals by Spurgeon Sermons – Spurgeon Sermons with C.H. Spurgeon – Retrieved 12 September 2014.</ref> stated that Jesus is "the true Michael" <ref>Charles Spurgeon; Morning and Evening Daily Readings; Complete and Unabridged Classic KJV Edition; Morning Devotion; October 3 on Hebrews 1:14; 1991., p. 554 – https://books.google.com/books?id=w0pqbDq4F-AC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false</ref><ref>Charles Spurgeon; Morning by Morning; or, Daily Readings for the Family or the Closet; New York and Sheldon Company 498 and 500 Broadway. 1866, p. 227 – https://books.google.com/books?id=0SAeAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false http://www.heartlight.org/spurgeon/1003-am.html</ref> and “the only Archangel”,<ref name="spurgeon angelic life michael">[http://www.spurgeongems.org/vols13-15/chs842.pdf The Angelic Life], Charles Haddon Spurgeon, Sermon No. 842.</ref> and that he is God the Son, and co-equal to the Father.<ref name="spurgeon baptist confession of faith"/> Within [[Anglicanism]], the controversial bishop [[Robert Clayton (bishop)|Robert Clayton]] (died 1758) proposed that Michael was the [[Logos (Christianity)|Logos]] and Gabriel the [[Holy Spirit (Christianity)|Holy Spirit]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archive.org/details/anessayonspirit00clagoog|title=An essay on spirit|first=Robert|last=Clayton|date=February 13, 1751|publisher=London, printed: [etc.]|via=Internet Archive}}</ref> Controversy over Clayton's views led the government to order his prosecution, but he died before his scheduled examination.<ref>[[s:Clayton, Robert (1695–1758) (DNB00)|''Dictionary of National Biography'': Clayton, Robert]]</ref><ref>John Walsh, Colin Haydon & Stephen Taylor, eds. (1993) ''The Church of England c. 1689 – c. 1833: from Toleration to Tractarianism''. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press {{ISBN|0-521-41732-5}}; p. 47</ref> Michael continues to be recognized {{Specify|date=April 2019}}{{Vague|date=April 2019}}{{Who|date=April 2019}}among Protestants by key churches dedicated to him, e.g., [[St. Michaelis Church, Hamburg]] and [[St. Michael's Church, Hildesheim]], each of which is of the [[Lutheran Church]] and has appeared in the Bundesländer series of [[€2 commemorative coins]] for 2008 and 2014 respectively. In Bach's time, the annual feast of Michael and All the Angels on 29 September was regularly celebrated with a festive service, for which Bach composed several cantatas, for example the [[Chorale cantata (Bach)|chorale cantata]] ''[[Herr Gott, dich loben alle wir, BWV 130]]'' in 1724, [[Es erhub sich ein Streit, BWV 19|''Es erhub sich ein Streit'', BWV 19]], in 1726 and [[Man singet mit Freuden vom Sieg, BWV 149|''Man singet mit Freuden vom Sieg'', BWV 149]], in 1728 or 1729. ====Seventh-day Adventists==== {{See also|Seventh-day Adventist theology#Christ and the Archangel Michael|l1=Seventh-day Adventist, beliefs about Michael|Pre-existence of Christ}} [[File:Le Grand Saint Michel, by Raffaello Sanzio, from C2RMF retouched.jpg|thumb|upright|''Le Grand Saint Michel'', by [[Raphael]] (Raffaello Sanzio), Archangel Michael defeating evil]] [[Seventh-day Adventist Church|Seventh-day Adventists]] believe that "Michael" is but one of the many titles applied to the Son of God, the second person of the Godhead. According to Adventists, such a view does not in any way conflict with the belief in his full deity and eternal preexistence, nor does it in the least disparage his person and work.<ref>[http://www.sdanet.org/atissue/books/qod/index.htm Seventh-day Adventists Answer Questions on Doctrine], Review and Herald Publishing Association, Washington, D.C., 1957. Chapter 8 "Christ, and Michael the Archangel".</ref> According to Adventist theology, Michael was considered the "eternal Word", and not a created being or created angel, and the one by whom all things were created. The Word was then born incarnate as Jesus.<ref>''Seventh Day Adventists: What do they believe?'' by Val Waldeck Pilgrim Publications (April 5, 2005) p. 16</ref> They believe that name "Michael" signifies "One Who Is Like God" and that as the "Archangel" or "chief or head of the angels" he led the angels and thus the statement in [[s:Bible (American Standard)/Revelation 12:7–9|Revelation 12:7–9]] identifies Jesus as Michael.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.adventistworld.org/article.php?id=787&search=law |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120724141630/http://www.adventistworld.org/article.php?id=787&search=law |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-07-24 |title=The Remnant |publisher=Adventist World |access-date=2011-12-05}}</ref> In the Seventh-day Adventist view, the statement in some translations of [[s:Bible (American Standard)/1 Thessalonians#4:13|1 Thessalonians 4:13–18]] and [[s:Bible (American Standard)/John#5:25|John 5:25–29]] confirm that Jesus and Michael are the same.<ref name="AdventistRef">{{cite book|title=Bible readings for the home by 7th Day Adventists|location= London |year=1949 |page=266 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lETMH_kCeJcC&q=John+5:25+adventist+michael&pg=PA266}}</ref> ====Jehovah's Witnesses==== {{See also|Jehovah's witnesses#Jehovah and Jesus Christ|l1=Jehovah's Witnesses beliefs about Jesus}} [[Jehovah's Witnesses]] believe Michael to be another name for [[Jesus]] in heaven, in his pre-human and post-resurrection existence.<ref name="autogenerated218">Reasoning from the Scriptures, 1985, Watchtower Bible and Tract Society, p. 218</ref> They say the definite article at {{Bibleverse|Jude|9|ESV}}—referring to "Michael the archangel"—identifies Michael as the only archangel. They consider Michael to be synonymous with Christ, described at {{Bibleverse|1|Thessalonians|4:16|ESV}} as descending "with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the sound of the trumpet".<ref>{{cite book|url=http://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/1200003035|title=Insight on the Scriptures|volume=2|pages=393–394|publisher=Watch Tower Society|access-date=2013-05-01}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=http://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/1102005160|title=What Does the Bible ''Really'' Teach?|pages=218–219 |publisher=Watch Tower Society|access-date=2013-05-01}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|url=http://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/2007206|title=Angels—How They Affect Mankind|journal=The Watchtower|pages=21–25|publisher=Watch Tower Society|date=March 15, 2007|access-date=2013-05-01}}</ref> They believe the prominent roles assigned to Michael at {{Bibleverse|Daniel|12:1|ESV}}, {{Bibleverse|Revelation |12:7|ESV}}, {{Bibleverse|Revelation |19:14|ESV}}, and {{Bibleverse|Revelation |16|ESV}} are identical to Jesus' roles, being the one chosen to lead God's people and as the only one who "stands up", identifying the two as the same spirit being. Because they identify Michael with Jesus, he is therefore considered the first and greatest of all God's heavenly sons, God's chief messenger, who takes the lead in vindicating God's [[sovereignty]], sanctifying his name, fighting the wicked forces of Satan and protecting God's covenant people on earth.<ref>{{cite book|title=What Does The Bible ''Really'' Teach?|page=87|publisher=Watch Tower Society}}</ref> Jehovah's Witnesses also identify Michael with the "[[Angel of the Lord]]" who led and protected the Israelites in the wilderness.<ref>{{cite journal|journal=The Watchtower|title=Your Leader Is One, the Christ|date=September 15, 2010|page=21}}</ref> ====The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints==== {{See also|Beliefs and practices of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints}} Members of [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] (also known informally as Latter-day Saints or [[Mormons]]) believe that Michael is [[Adam and Eve (LDS Church)|Adam]], the [[Ancient of Days]] (Dan. 7), a prince, and the patriarch of the human family. They also hold that Michael assisted [[Jehovah]] (the [[Pre-existence#Latter Day Saints|pre-mortal]] form of [[Jesus]]) in the creation of the world under the direction of [[God the Father]] ([[Elohim#Latter Day Saint movement|Elohim]]); under the direction of the Father, Michael also cast Satan out of heaven.<ref>{{Citation |last= Millet |first= Robert L. |author-link= Robert L. Millet |title= The Man Adam |journal= [[Liahona (magazine)|Liahona]] |date= February 1998 |url= https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/liahona/1998/02/the-man-adam?lang=eng }}</ref><ref>{{lds|Doctrine and Covenants|dc|27|11}}</ref><ref>{{lds|Doctrine and Covenants|dc|107|53|56}}</ref><ref>{{lds|Doctrine and Covenants|dc|128|21}}</ref> ===Islam=== [[File:ميكائيل عليه السلام.png|thumb|Mika'il's name in [[Islamic calligraphy]]]] In Islam, Michael, also spelled Mika'il ([[ميكيل]]),<ref name="King">{{cite web|title = King, Daniel "A Christian Qur'an? A Study in the Syriac Background of the Qur'an as Presented in the Work of Christoph Luxenberg," JLARC 3, 44–71 (2009)|url = http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/share/research/centres/clarc/jlarc/contents/King%2520A%2520Christian%2520Qur%2527an.pdf|website = School of History, Archaeology and Religion|access-date = 2015-12-17}}</ref> is one of the archangels and said to be responsible for the forces of nature.<ref>Richard Webster ''Michael: Communicating with the Archangel for Guidance & Protection'' Llewellyn Worldwide 2012 {{ISBN|978-0-738-71716-6}}</ref> In Islam,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.usc.edu/org/cmje/religious-texts/quran/verses/002-qmt.php#002.098 |title=Center for Muslim-Jewish Engagement |publisher=Usc.edu |access-date=2015-01-28 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150202024354/http://www.usc.edu/org/cmje/religious-texts/quran/verses/002-qmt.php#002.098 |archive-date=2015-02-02 }}</ref> Michael is one of the four archangels along with [[Jibrail]], [[Israfil]] and [[Azrail]]. [[Quran 2:98]] mentions him.<ref>{{cite quran|2|98|s=ns|b=n}}</ref> He provides nourishments for bodies and souls and is also responsible for universal/environmental events. Mikail is often depicted as the archangel of mercy. Therefore, he is said{{By whom|date=June 2021}} to be friendly, asking [[God in Islam|God]] for mercy for humans and is said{{By whom|date=June 2021}} to be one of the first who bowed down before [[Adam in Islam|Adam]].<ref>John L. Esposito ''Oxford Dictionary of Islam'' Oxford University Press {{ISBN|978-0-195-12559-7}} p. 200</ref> Furthermore, he is responsible for the rewards doled out to good persons in this life. From the tears of Michael, angels are created. Such angels are the helpers of Michael.<ref>{{Cite journal |jstor = 20832755|title = The Creation of Man and Angels in the Eschatological Literature: &#91;Translated Excerpts from an Unpublished Collection of Traditions&#93;|last1 = MacDonald|first1 = John|journal = Islamic Studies|year = 1964|volume = 3|issue = 3|pages = 285–308}}</ref> The "Book of the Dead" says that Mikail is created five hundred years after Israfil, but five hundred years before Jibrail. He is covered in hairs of saffron and green chrysolite. On every hair are a million faces and in each face a million eyes.<ref>Shaikh Muhammad ibn Habib translated by Aisha Abd- ar Rahman at-Tarjumana ''Islamic Book of Dead Hadith Concerning the Fire and the Garden'' Diwan Press 1977 isbn 0 950444618 pp. 33-34</ref> The [[Quran]] mentions Michael together with [[Rūḥ|Gabriel]] in the [[sura]] [[Al-Baqarah]]: {{quote|Whoever is an enemy to Allah and His angels and messengers, to Gabriel and Michael, – Lo! Allah is an enemy to those who reject Faith.|Quran, chapter 2 ([[Al-Baqara]]) verse 98<ref>{{Cite quran|2|98|s=ns}}</ref>}} In [[Shia Islam]], in [[Dua]] Umm Dawood, a supplication reportedly handed down by the 6th [[Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq]], the reciter sends blessing upon Michael (with his name spelled as Mīkā'īl):<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.duas.org/ummedawood.htm |title = Aamal e Umme Dawood}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wilayatmission.org/Duas/UmmDawood.pdf |title=Dua of Umm Dawood |publisher=www.wilayatmission.org |date= |accessdate=2021-02-13}}</ref> <blockquote>O Allah! Bestow your blessing on Michael-angel of Your mercy and created for kindness and seeker of pardon for and supporter of the obedient people.</blockquote> Michael appears in the creation narrative of [[Adam in Islam|Adam]]. Accordingly, he was sent to bring a handful of earth, but the Earth did not yield a piece of itself, some of which will burn. This is articulated by [[Al-Tha`labi|Al-Tha'labi]], whose narrative states that God tells Earth that some will obey him and others will not.<ref>The Birth of the Prophet Muḥammad: Devotional Piety in Sunni Islam – p. 21, Marion Holmes Katz – 2007</ref> ===Baha'i Faith=== The archangel Michael seems to have never been mentioned publicly by [[Baha'u'llah]], [['Abdu'l-Baha]], [[Shoghi Effendi]], or even the [[Universal House of Justice]]. However, in Baha'i publishing about the interpretation of the [[Book of Revelation]] from the [[New Testament]], Baha'is have claimed that Baha'u'llah was ""one of the chief princes" of Persia"<ref>The Logic of The Revelation of St. John|Stephen Beebe|Baha'i Publishing Trust|2001|pgs. 103-104</ref><ref>Daniel 10:7-13</ref> foretold as Michael who would win "final victory over the dragon". Or, Michael, "One like God", is thought to be Baha'u'llah, as archangel Michael is thought to be an emanation of [[Hod (Kabbalah)|Hod]] or "glory" in [[Jewish Mysticism]]<ref>The Apocalypse Unsealed|Robert F. Riggs|Philosophical Library, Inc.|1982|pgs. 160,164</ref> - because "Baha'u'llah" means splendor or glory of God. ===Esoteric beliefs=== The French occultist [[Eliphas Levi]], the German philosopher [[Franz Xaver von Baader|Franz von Baader]], and the [[Theosophy (Boehmian)|Theosophist]] Louis Claude de St. Martin spoke of 1879 as the year in which Michael overcame the dragon. In 1917, [[Rudolf Steiner]], the founder of [[anthroposophy]], similarly stated, "in 1879, in November, a momentous event took place, a battle of the Powers of Darkness against the Powers of Light, ending in the image of Michael overcoming the Dragon".<ref>{{cite book |last = Steiner |first = Rudolf | editor = Christopher Bamford | orig-year = 1917 | year = 1994 | title = The Archangel Michael |publisher = Anthroposophic Press | location = Hudson, NY | isbn = 0-88010-378-7 }}</ref> Archangel Michael was also mentioned in the older [[Greek Magical Papyri]] (circa 2nd century BC–400 AD), only in these set of texts he goes under the title of a [[deity]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Betz |first=Hans |title=The Greek Magical Papyri In Translation |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K0hCj5u3HNQC&q=greek+magical+papyri |publisher=[[University of Chicago Press]] |date=1996 |isbn=9780226044477}} Entries: "Introduction to the Greek Magical Papyri" and "PGM III. 1–164".</ref> In [[Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa]]'s ''[[Three Books of Occult Philosophy]]'' and some other sources, Michael is always mentioned as ruling over the [[planet Mercury]],<ref>{{cite book |last = Agrippa von Nettesheim |first = Heinrich Cornelius |editor = Donald Tyson |orig-year = 1531 |year = 2000 |title = Three Books of Occult Philosophy |publisher = Llewellyn Publications |isbn = 0-87542-832-0 |pages = 274, 285, 289, 469}}</ref> however, in other sources such as the [[Pietro d'Abano#Writings|''Heptameron'' by pseudo-Pietro d'Abano]], Michael rules over the [[Sun]],<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.esotericarchives.com/solomon/heptamer.htm |title = Peter of Abano: Heptameron, or Magical Elements |website = esotericarchives.com}}</ref> and the fourth of the [[seven Heavens]] in [[Judaism]], which is named Machon or Machen.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.esotericarchives.com/solomon/heptamer.htm#h18 |title = Ch. xviii: Considerations of the Lord's Day |website = esotericarchives.com}}</ref> Instead, the [[Archangel Raphael]] rules over Mercury (and the second Heaven, which is listed as Raquie).<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.esotericarchives.com/solomon/heptamer.htm#h21 |title = Ch. xxi: Considerations of Wednesday |website = esotericarchives.com}}</ref> The switch between solar and mercurial associations for Michael and Raphael happens all throughout the Solomonic grimoire tradition, changing practically from book to book depending on the influences and derivations of previous grimoires each is based on. Depending on the time and region of each manuscript, different correspondences may have been passed down, and neither association is ultimately more legitimate than the other. ==Feasts== [[File:S. Miguel Arcanjo.jpg|thumb|right|Archangel Michael at a Portuguese feast in [[Cabeceiras de Basto]]]] In the [[General Roman Calendar]], the [[Calendar of saints (Church of England)|Anglican Calendar of Saints]], and the [[Calendar of Saints (Lutheran)|Lutheran Calendar of Saints]], the archangel's feast is celebrated on [[Michaelmas]] Day, 29 September. The day is also considered the feast of Saints Michael, [[Gabriel]], and [[Raphael (archangel)|Raphael]], in the General Roman Calendar and the Feast of Saint Michael and All Angels according to the Church of England.<ref>''Saint Michael the Archangel in Medieval English Legend'' by Richard Freeman Johnson 2005 {{ISBN|1-84383-128-7}} p. 105</ref> In the [[Eastern Orthodox Church]], Saint Michael's principal feast day is 8 November (those that use the [[Julian calendar]] celebrate it on what in the [[Gregorian calendar]] is now 21 November), honouring him along with the rest of the ''"Bodiless Powers of Heaven"'' (i.e. [[angel]]s) as their Supreme Commander, and the ''[[Miracle of the Archangel Michael at Chonae#Miracle of the Archangel Michael|Miracle at Chonae]]'' is commemorated on 6 September.<ref>''Icons and saints of the Eastern Orthodox Church'' by Alfredo Tradigo 2006 {{ISBN|0-89236-845-4}} p. 46</ref><ref>''The Blackwell Companion to Eastern Christianity'' 2010 by Ken Parry {{ISBN|1-4443-3361-5}} p. 242</ref> In the calendar of the [[Church of England]] [[diocese of Truro]], 8 May is the feast of ''St. Michael, Protector of Cornwall''. The archangel Michael is one of the three patron saints of [[Cornwall]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/cornwall/uncovered/stories/st_piran_background.shtml|title=BBC - Cornwall Uncovered - Story The Legend of St Piran|website=www.bbc.co.uk}}</ref> The feast of the Appearing of S. Michael the Archangel is observed by Anglo-Catholics on 8 May.<ref>''The English Missal for the laity''; 3rd ed. London: W. Knott, 1958; pp. 625–627</ref> From medieval times until 1960 it was also observed on that day in the Roman Catholic Church; the feast commemorates the archangel's apparition on Mount Gargano in Italy.<ref>Cross & Livingstone (eds.) ''ODCC''; p. 613</ref> In the [[Coptic Orthodox Church]], the main feast day in 12 [[Hathor (month)|Hathor]] and 12 [[Paoni]], and he is celebrated liturgically on the 12th of each Coptic month. ==Patronages and orders== <!-- If you want to add patronages here, be SURE to add [[WP:RS]] references, and not just claim them, if you do not want them deleted soon. --> In late [[medieval Christianity]], Michael, together with [[Saint George]], became the [[patron saint]] of [[chivalry]] and is now also considered the patron saint of police officers, paramedics and the military.<ref name="ReferenceA"/>{{sfn|Ball|p=586}} Since the victorious [[Battle of Lechfeld]] against the Hungarians in 955, Michael was the patron saint of the [[Holy Roman Empire]] and still is the patron saint of modern Germany and other German-speaking regions formerly covered by the realm. [[File:COA of Kyiv Kurovskyi.svg|upright|thumb|[[Coat of arms of Kyiv]]]] [[File:Greater coat of arms of the City of Brussels.svg|upright|thumb|[[Coat of arms of Brussels]]]] In mid to late 15th century, France was one of only four courts in [[Western Christianity|Western Christendom]] without an order of knighthood.<ref name="Dacre">''The Knights of the Crown: The Monarchical Orders of Knighthood in Later Medieval Europe 1325–1520'' by D'Arcy Jonathan Dacre Boulton 2000 {{ISBN|0-85115-795-5}} pp. 427–428</ref> Later in the 15th century, [[Jean Molinet]] glorified the primordial feat of arms of the archangel as "the first deed of knighthood and chivalrous prowess that was ever achieved."<ref>Noted by [[Johan Huizinga]], ''[[The Autumn of the Middle Ages|The Waning of the Middle Ages]]'' (1919, 1924:56.</ref> Thus Michael was the natural patron of the first [[chivalric order]] of France, the [[Order of Saint Michael]] of 1469.<ref name="Dacre" /> In the [[British honours system]], a chivalric order founded in 1818 is also named for these two saints, the [[Order of St Michael and St George]].<ref>Angels in the early modern world By Alexandra Walsham, Cambridge University Press, 2006 {{ISBN|0-521-84332-4}} p. 2008</ref> The [[Order of Michael the Brave]] is Romania's highest military decoration. Prior to 1878, the [[Scapular of St. Michael the Archangel]] could be worn as part of a Roman Catholic [[Archconfraternity]]. Presently, enrollment is authorized as this [[Scapular of Our Lady of Mount Carmel|holy scapular]] remains as one of the 18 approved by the Church. Apart from his being a patron of warriors, the sick and the suffering also consider Archangel Michael their patron saint.<ref>''Patron Saints'' by Michael Freze 1992 {{ISBN|0-87973-464-7}} p. 170</ref> Based on the legend of his 8th-century [[Vision (spirituality)|apparition]] at [[Mont-Saint-Michel]], France, the Archangel is the patron of [[sailors|mariners]] in this famous sanctuary.<ref name=Cathenc /> After the evangelisation of [[Germany]], where mountains were often dedicated to pagan gods, Christians placed many mountains under the patronage of the Archangel, and numerous mountain chapels of St. Michael appeared all over Germany.<ref name=Cathenc /> Similarly, the Sanctuary of St. Michel (San Migel Aralarkoa), the oldest Christian building in Navarre (Spain), lies at the top of a hill on the [[Aralar Range]], and harbours Carolingian remains. St. Michel is an ancient devotion of [[Navarre]] and eastern [[Gipuzkoa]], revered by the [[History of the Basques#Christianization|Basques]], shrouded in legend, and held as a champion against paganism and heresy. It came to symbolize the defense of Catholicism, as well as Basque tradition and values during the early 20th century.<ref>{{cite book |last=Dronda |first=Javier |date=2013 |title=Con Cristo o contra Cristo: Religión y movilización antirrepublicana en Navarra (1931–1936)|location=Tafalla |publisher=Txalaparta |pages=54–55 |isbn=978-84-15313-31-1 }}</ref> He has been the patron saint of [[Brussels]] since the Middle Ages.<ref>''Netherlandish sculpture 1450–1550'' by Paul Williamson 2002 {{ISBN|0-8109-6602-6}} p. 42</ref> The city of [[Arkhangelsk]] in Russia is named for the Archangel. [[Ukraine]] and its capital [[Kyiv]] also consider Michael their patron saint and protector.<ref name="Fairbairn">''Eastern Orthodoxy through Western eyes'' by Donald Fairbairn 2002 {{ISBN|0-664-22497-0}} p. 148</ref> Since the 14th century, Saint Michael has been the patron saint of [[Dumfries]] in Scotland, where a church dedicated to him was built at the southern end of the town, on a mound overlooking the [[River Nith]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.loreburne.co.uk/history_of_dumfries.html|title=History of Dumfries|publisher=loreburne.co.uk|access-date=29 November 2017}}</ref> An [[Anglican]] sisterhood dedicated to Saint Michael under the title of the [[Community of St Michael and All Angels]] was founded in 1851.<ref>''All Saints Sisters of the Poor: An Anglican Sisterhood in the Nineteenth Century (Church of England Record Society)'' by Susan Mumm 200 {{ISBN|0-85115-728-9}} p. 48</ref> The [[Congregation of Saint Michael the Archangel]] (CSMA), also known as the ''Michaelite Fathers'', is a religious order of the Roman Catholic Church founded in 1897. The Canons Regular of the Order of St Michael the Archangel (OSM) are an Order of [[Profession (religious)|professed]] religious within the [[Anglican Church in North America]], the North American component of the [[Anglican realignment]] movement.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.orderofstmichaelanglican.com/|title=甘肃快3_官方彩购买|website=www.orderofstmichaelanglican.com}}</ref> In the United States military Saint Michael is considered to be a patron of paratroopers and, in particular, the [[82nd Airborne Division]].<ref>[https://www.jber.jb.mil/News/Commentaries/Display/Article/772200/chaplains-corner-saint-michael-patron-saint-of-the-airborne-military/ Chaplain's Corner: Saint Michael, patron saint of the airborne, military]. Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson Alaska.</ref> One of the first battles where the unit first was combat christened is the [[Battle of Saint-Mihiel]] during the [[World War I]]. ==Legends== ===Judaism=== There is a legend which seems to be of Jewish origin, and which was adopted by the [[Copt]]s, to the effect that Michael was first sent by God to bring [[Nebuchadnezzar]] (c. 600 BC) against Jerusalem, and that Michael was afterward very active in freeing his nation from Babylonian captivity.<ref>[[Émile Amélineau|Amélineau]], "Contes et Romans de l'Egypte Chrétienne", ii. 142 et seq</ref> According to midrash [[Genesis Rabbah]], Michael saved [[Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego|Hananiah]] and his companions from the [[Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego|Fiery furnace]] though the verse states that the person in the fire was the Son of God (not an angel).<ref>Midrash Genesis Rabbah xliv. 16</ref> Michael was active in the time of [[Esther]]: "The more [[Haman (Bible)|Haman]] accused Israel on earth, the more Michael defended Israel in heaven".<ref>Midrash Esther Rabbah iii. 8</ref> It was Michael who reminded [[Ahasuerus]] that he was [[Mordecai]]'s debtor;<ref>Targum to Esther, vi. 1</ref> and there is a legend that Michael appeared to the high priest [[John Hyrcanus|Hyrcanus]], promising him assistance.<ref>comp. Josephus, "Ant." xiii. 10, § 3</ref> According to ''[[Legends of the Jews]]'', archangel Michael was the chief of a band of angels who questioned God's decision to create man on Earth; a deeper analysis about Archangel Michael's action here is that Archangel Michael could have also questioned God as to why he did not kill Satan and his rebel horde of djinns/demons the minute Adam and Eve were created, thus removing the parable of evil and the question of the Garden of Eden.<ref name="ginzberg michael">Ginzberg, Louis, [https://philologos.org/__eb-lotj/vol1/two.htm#2 The Legends of the Jews, Vol. I: The Angels and The Creation of Man] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201063745/https://philologos.org/__eb-lotj/vol1/two.htm#2 |date=2017-12-01 }}, (Translated by Henrietta Szold), Johns Hopkins University Press: 1998, {{ISBN|0-8018-5890-9}}</ref> Regardless, the entire band of angels, except for Michael, was then consumed by fire.<ref name="ginzberg michael" /> ===Christianity=== [[File:Michael Miracle Icon Sinai 12th century.jpg|thumb|150px|upright|A 12th-century [[icon]] of the ''[[Miracle of the Archangel Michael at Chonae|Miracle at Chonae]]'', from [[Saint Catherine's Monastery]], [[Mount Sinai]].]] [[File:Antonia astonac rev1.jpg|thumb|150px|The Portuguese Carmelite nun, [[Antónia d'Astónaco]], reported an apparition and [[private revelation]] of the [[Saint Michael in the Catholic Church|Archangel Michael]].]] The [[Orthodox Church]] celebrates the [[Miracle of the Archangel Michael at Chonae|Miracle at Chonae]] on September 6.<ref>Makarios of Simonos Petra, ''The Synaxarion: the Lives of the Saints of the Orthodox Church'', trans. Christopher Hookway (Holy Convent of the Annunciation of Our Lady 1998 {{ISBN|960-85603-7-3}}), p. 47.</ref> The pious legend surrounding the event states that [[John the Apostle]], when preaching nearby, foretold the appearance of Michael at Cheretopa near [[Lake Salda]], where a healing spring appeared soon after the Apostle left; in gratitude for the healing of his daughter, one pilgrim built a church on the site.<ref>Synaxarion, p. 47.</ref> Local pagans, who are described as jealous of the healing power of the spring and the church, attempt to drown the church by redirecting the river, but the Archangel, "in the likeness of a column of fire", split the bedrock to open up a new bed for the stream, directing the flow away from the church.<ref>Synaxarion, p. 48.</ref> The legend is supposed to have predated the actual events, but the 5th – 7th-century texts that refer to the miracle at Chonae formed the basis of specific paradigms for "properly approaching" angelic intermediaries for more effective prayers within the Christian culture.<ref name=Peers >{{cite book|title=Subtle bodies: representing angels in Byzantium|first=Glenn |last=Peers |year=2001|publisher=University of California Press |isbn=0-520-22405-1 |page= 144 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kaonEi_dCJIC&q=Chonae+michael+miracle+university+california&pg=PA143}}</ref> There is a late-5th-century legend in [[Cornwall]], UK that the Archangel appeared to fishermen on [[St Michael's Mount]].<ref name=Cornwall /> According to author Richard Freeman Johnson, this legend is likely a nationalistic twist to a myth.<ref name=Cornwall >''Saint Michael the Archangel in medieval English legend'' by Richard Freeman Johnson 2005 {{ISBN|1-84383-128-7}} p. 68</ref> Cornish legends also hold that the mount itself was constructed by giants<ref>''Popular Romances of the West of England'' by Robert Hunt 2009 {{ISBN|0-559-12999-8}} p. 238</ref> and that [[King Arthur]] battled a giant there.<ref>''Myths and Legends of Britain and Ireland'' by Richard Jones 2006 {{ISBN|1-84537-594-7}} p. 17</ref> The legend of the apparition of the Archangel at around 490 AD at a secluded hilltop cave on [[Monte Gargano]] in Italy gained a following among the [[Lombards]] in the immediate period thereafter, and by the 8th century, pilgrims arrived from as far away as England.<ref>''The Medieval state: essays presented to James Campbell'' by John Robert Maddicott, David Michael Palliser, James Campbell 2003 {{ISBN|1-85285-195-3}} pp. 10–11</ref> The [[Tridentine Calendar]] included a feast of the apparition on 8 May, the date of the 663 victory over the [[Greece|Greek]] [[Naples|Neapolitans]] that the Lombards of [[Manfredonia]] attributed to Saint Michael.<ref name=Cathenc /> The feast [[General Roman Calendar of 1954|remained]] in the Roman liturgical calendar until removed in the [[General Roman Calendar of 1960|revision]] of [[Pope John XXIII]]. The [[Sanctuary of Monte Sant'Angelo]] at Gargano is a major Catholic pilgrimage site. According to Roman legends, Archangel Michael appeared with a sword over the [[mausoleum]] of [[Hadrian]] while a devastating plague persisted in Rome, in apparent answer to the prayers of Pope [[Gregory I the Great]] (c. 590–604) that the plague should cease. After the plague ended, in honor of the occasion, the pope called the mausoleum ''"[[Castel Sant'Angelo]]"'' (Castle of the Holy Angel), the name by which it is still known.<ref name=Butler320 /> According to [[Normandy|Norman]] legend, Michael is said to have appeared to [[St Aubert]], [[Bishop of Avranches]], in 708, giving instruction to build a church on the rocky islet now known as [[Mont Saint-Michel]].<ref name=MonkM >''Mont-Saint-Michel: a monk talks about his abbey'' by Jean-Pierre Mouton, Olivier Mignon 1998 {{ISBN|2-7082-3351-3}} pp. 55–56</ref><ref name="CathMont">{{cite web|url=https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10551a.htm|title=CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Mont-St-Michel|website=www.newadvent.org}}</ref><ref name=pilgrim /> In 960 the [[Duke of Normandy]] commissioned a [[Order of St. Benedict|Benedictine]] abbey on the mount, and it remains a major pilgrimage site.<ref name="pilgrim">''Pilgrimage: from the Ganges to Graceland : an encyclopedia, Volume 1'' by Linda Kay Davidson, David Martin Gitlitz 2002 {{ISBN|1-57607-004-2}} p. 398</ref> A [[Portugal|Portuguese]] [[Carmelites|Carmelite]] nun, [[Antónia d'Astónaco]], reported an apparition and [[private revelation]] of the [[Saint Michael (Roman Catholic)|Archangel Michael]] who had told to this devoted [[Servant of God#Roman Catholicism|Servant of God]], in 1751, that he would like to be honored, and God glorified, by the praying of nine special invocations. These nine invocations correspond to invocations to the nine choirs of angels and origins the famous [[Chaplet of Saint Michael]]. This private revelation and prayers were approved by [[Pope Pius IX]] in 1851.{{sfn|Ball|p=123}}<ref>[[EWTN]] [http://www.ewtn.com/devotionals/prayers/chaplet-of-st-michael.htm The Chaplet of Saint Michael the Archangel]</ref> From 1961 to 1965, four young schoolgirls had reported several apparitions of Archangel Michael in the small village of [[San Sebastian de Garabandal|Garabandal]], Spain. At Garabandal, the apparitions of the Archangel Michael were mainly reported as announcing the arrivals of the [[Blessed Virgin Mary|Virgin Mary]]. The [[Catholic Church]] has neither approved nor condemned the [[Garabandal apparitions]].<ref>Michael Freze, 1993, ''Voices, Visions, and Apparitions'', OSV Publishing {{ISBN|0-87973-454-X}} p. 267</ref> ==Art and literature== ===In literature=== In the English [[epic poem]] ''[[Paradise Lost]]'' by [[John Milton]], Michael commands the army of angels loyal to God against the rebel forces of [[Satan]]. Armed with a sword from God's armory, he bests Satan in personal combat, wounding his side.<ref>John Milton, ''Paradise Lost'' 1674 [http://www.dartmouth.edu/~milton/reading_room/pl/book_6/index.shtml Book VI line 320]</ref> In [[Henry Wadsworth Longfellow]]'s translation of [[The Golden Legend]], Michael is one of the angels of the seven planets. He is the angel of Mercury.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Longfellow |first1=Henry Wadsworth |title=The Golden Legend |date=1851 |publisher=Ticknor, Reed and Fields |location=Boston |url=http://www.gutenberg.org/files/10490/10490-h/10490-h.htm}}</ref> ===Music=== [[Marc-Antoine Charpentier]], ''Praelium Michaelis Archangeli factum in coelo cum dracone,'' H.410, oratorio for soloists, double chorus, strings and continuo. (1683) ===Artistic depictions=== {{Main|Archangel Michael in Christian art}} [[File:Meister der Ikone des Erzengels Michael 001 adjusted.jpg|thumb|10th-century gold and enamel Byzantine [[icon]] of [[St Michael]], in the treasury of the St Mark's Basilica ]] In [[Christian art]], Archangel Michael may be depicted alone or with other angels such as [[Gabriel]]. Some depictions with Gabriel date back to the 8th century, e.g. the stone casket at [[Mortain|Notre Dame de Mortain]] church in France.<ref name=rich141 /> The widely reproduced image of ''[[Our Mother of Perpetual Help]]'', an icon of the [[Cretan school]], depicts Michael on the left carrying the lance and sponge of the [[crucifixion of Jesus]], with Gabriel on the right side of [[Madonna and Child|Mary and Jesus]].<ref>''Icons and saints of the Eastern Orthodox Church'' by Alfredo Tradigo 2006 {{ISBN|0-89236-845-4}} p. 188</ref> In many depictions, Michael is represented as an angelic warrior, fully armed with helmet, sword, and shield.<ref name=Cathenc /> The shield may bear the Latin inscription ''[[Quis ut Deus]]'' or the Greek inscription ''Christos Dikaios Krites'' or its initials.<ref>Ann Ball, 2003 ''Encyclopedia of Catholic Devotions and Practices'' {{ISBN|0-87973-910-X}} p. 520</ref> He may be standing over a serpent, a dragon, or the defeated figure of Satan, whom he sometimes pierces with a lance.<ref name=Cathenc /> The iconography of Michael slaying a serpent goes back to the early 4th century, when [[Emperor Constantine]] defeated [[Licinius]] at the [[Battle of Adrianople (324)|Battle of Adrianople]] in 324 AD, not far from the ''[[Michaelion]]'', a church dedicated to Archangel Michael.<ref name=Richard /> Constantine felt that Licinius was an agent of Satan and associated him with the serpent described in the [[Book of Revelation]] ([[s:Bible (American Standard)/Revelation#12:9|12:9]]).<ref>''Constantine and the Christian empire'' by Charles Matson Odahl 2004 {{ISBN|0-415-17485-6}} p. 315</ref> After the victory, Constantine commissioned a depiction of himself and his sons slaying Licinius represented as a serpent – a symbolism borrowed from the Christian teachings on the Archangel to whom he attributed the victory. A similar painting, this time with the Archangel Michael himself slaying a serpent, then became a major art piece at the Michaelion and eventually lead to the standard [[iconography]] of Archangel Michael as a [[warrior saint]].<ref name=Richard /> In other depictions, Michael may be holding a pair of scales in which he weighs the souls of the departed and may hold the [[book of life]] (as in the [[Book of Revelation]]), to show that he takes part in the judgment.<ref name=rich141 /> However, this form of depiction is less common than the slaying of the dragon.<ref name=rich141 >''Saint Michael the Archangel in medieval English legend'' by Richard Freeman Johnson 2005 {{ISBN|1-84383-128-7}} pp. 141–147</ref> [[Michelangelo]] depicted this scene on the altar wall of the [[Sistine Chapel]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vaticanstate.va/EN/Monuments/The_Vatican_Museums/Sistine_Chapel--p--5.htm |title=Vatican website: Sistine Chapel |publisher=Vaticanstate.va |access-date=2010-07-21 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100526031746/http://www.vaticanstate.va/EN/Monuments/The_Vatican_Museums/Sistine_Chapel--p--5.htm |archive-date=2010-05-26 }}</ref> In [[Byzantine art]], Michael was often shown as a princely court dignitary rather than a warrior who battled Satan or with scales for weighing souls on the [[Day of Judgement]].<ref>''Saints in art'' by Rosa Giorgi, Stefano Zuffi 2003 {{ISBN|0-89236-717-2}} pp. 274–276</ref> <gallery> File:Faras - Archangel Michael with a horn trumpet and an orb - Google Art Project.jpg|Archangel Michael on a 9th-century [[Makuria]]n mural File:Rublev Arhangel Mikhail.jpg|[[Andrei Rublev]]'s standalone depiction c. 1408 File:Francesco Botticini - I tre Arcangeli e Tobias.jpg|Michael (left) with archangels [[Raphael (archangel)|Raphael]] and [[Gabriel]], by [[Francesco Botticini|Botticini]], 1470 File:MemlingJudgmentCenter-crop.jpg|''Weighing souls'' on [[Last Judgment|Judgement Day]] by [[Hans Memling]], 15th century File:GIORDANO, Luca fallen angels.jpg|Michael defeating the [[fallen angel]]s, by [[Luca Giordano]] c. 1660–65 Image:Angel Van Verschaffelt SantAngelo.jpg|Bronze statue of Archangel Michael, standing on top of the [[Castel Sant'Angelo]], modelled in 1753 by [[Peter Anton von Verschaffelt]] (1710–1793). File:Archangel Michael Hajdudorog.JPG|Michael's icon on the northern ''deacons' door'' on the [[iconostasis of Hajdúdorog]]. The archangel is often depicted on iconostases' doors as a defender of the sanctuary. File:Archangel Michael, St Pancras New Church, London.JPG|''Archangel Michael'' by [[Emily Young]] in the grounds of [[St Pancras New Church]]. Plaque inscription: "In memory of the victims of the [[7 July 2005 London bombings|7th July 2005 bombings]] and all victims of violence. 'I will lift up my eyes unto the hills' [[Psalm 121]]" File:St. Michael the Archangel.jpg|St. Michael the Archangel and the Dragon. Queen of Archangels Roman Catholic Parish, Clarence, PA File:St Michael's victory over the Devil by Sir Jacob Epstein, Coventry Cathedral.jpg|''[[St Michael's Victory over the Devil]]'', a sculpture by [[Jacob Epstein]]. </gallery> ==Churches named after Michael== * [[St. Michael's Church (disambiguation)]] {{commons|Structured gallery of churches dedicated to Archangel Michael}} [[File:Mont Saint-Michel France.jpg|thumb|The [[Mont-Saint-Michel]] in [[Normandy]], France]] [[File:20060416-Michaelskirche Muenchen.jpg|thumb|[[St. Michael's Church, Munich|St. Michael's]] [[Society of Jesus|Jesuit]] church, [[Munich]], [[Bavaria]], [[Germany]]]] <!--DO NOT ADD SMALL PARISH CHURCHES TO THIS SECTION. IT IS FOR MAJOR SHRINES. --> * Parroquia de San Miguel Arcángel ([[:es:Parroquia de San Miguel Arcángel (San Miguel el Alto)|es]]), [[San Miguel de Allende]], [[Guanajuato]] Mexico [[World Heritage Site]] * [[Sacra di San Michele]] (Saint Michael's Abbey), near [[Turin]], Italy * Pfarrei Brixen St. Michael with the [[White Tower (Brixen)|White Tower]], [[Brixen]], Italy * [[Cathedral of St. Michael and St. Gudula]], in [[Brussels]], Belgium * [[Mont-Saint-Michel]], [[Normandy]], France – a [[World Heritage Site]] * [[St. Michael's Cathedral Basilica (Toronto)]], Canada * [[St. Michael's Cathedral (Izhevsk)]], Russia * [[St. Michael's Cathedral, Qingdao]], China * [[Chudov Monastery]] in the [[Moscow Kremlin]] * [[Cathedral of the Archangel]] in the Moscow Kremlin – a World Heritage Site * [[Sanctuary of Monte Sant'Angelo]], [[Gargano]], Italy – a World Heritage Site * [[St Michael's Mount]], [[Cornwall]], UK * [[St. Michael's Basilica, Miramichi]], Canada * [[Skellig Michael]], off the [[Ireland|Irish]] west coast – a World Heritage Site * [[Coventry Cathedral|St Michael's Cathedral]], [[Coventry]], UK * [[St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery]], [[Kyiv]], [[Ukraine]] * Basilica of St Michael the Archangel, [[Pensacola, Florida]], United States * [[St. Michael's Church, Vienna]] in [[Vienna]], Austria * [[Tayabas Basilica]], Tayabas, Quezon, [[Philippines]] * [[St. Michael's Church, Berlin]], Germany * [[St. Michael's Church, Munich|St. Michael's]] [[Society of Jesus|Jesuit]] church, [[Munich]], Germany * [[St. Michael's Cathedral, Belgrade]] in [[Belgrade]], [[Serbia]] * [[Gamu Cathedral|Cathedral of St. Michael the Archangel]] in [[Gamu, Isabela]], Philippines * [[Mission San Miguel Arcángel]], Sann Miguel, California, United States, one of the California Missions * [[St Michael at the North Gate]], [[Oxford]], UK * [[St. Michael's Church, Mumbai|St. Michael’s Church, Mumbai]], India * [[Church of St. Michael, Štip]], Republic of Macedonia ==See also== * [[Angelus]] * [[Biblical cosmology]] * [[Christian angelic hierarchy]] * [[Guardian Angel of Portugal]] * [[Hierarchy of angels]] * [[List of angels in theology]] * [[Metatron]] * [[Portal:Catholicism/Patron Archive/September 29|Saint Michael, patron saint archive]] * [[Saint Michael in the Catholic Church]] * [[Seraph]] * [[Theophory in the Bible]] * [[Uriel]] ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Sources== * Ball, Ann. ''2003 Encyclopedia of Catholic Devotions and Practices'' {{ISBN|0-87973-910-X}} * Butler, Alban. ''The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and other Principal Saints''. 12 vols. B. Dornin, 1821 * Starr, Mirabai. 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