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Islamic lore says: His wings are the color of emeralds, each covered with saffron hairs, each of them containing a million faces, each face with a million pairs of eyes, each eye shedding 70,000 tears.
In the Talmud, his relationship to the other angels is compared to that of the earthly high priest of Israel; thus, he is considered the immediate lawgiver to the prophet Moses on Mt. Sinai, as well as the Protector of Israel.
He often appeared on mountain tops and high places, hence his patronage of mountaineers and paratroopers. The names “Michael’s Mount” in Cornwall and “Mont-Saint-Michel” in northwestern France accordingly bear his name. He also was seen on top of Mt. Garganos in southern Italy, which continues to be a major destination for pilgrims.
Michael is the defender of all who need protection, especially police officers, soldiers, mothers and their children. He advised Joan of Arc; was seen on battlefields in Britain and France; and was said to have flown a fighter-plane in World War II. He protected an Italian city by throwing lightning at its enemies (why radiologists adopted him), and saved a group of schoolgirls from being attacked by thieves.
In recent years, Michael's feast day was combined with those of the archangels Gabriel and Raphael on September 29. Long known as “Michaelmas,” (pronounced Mikkelmus) the date is believed to have been chosen because it is the anniversary of the dedication of the Church of Saint Michael and All Angels in Rome in the 6th century. In England, Michaelmas is one of the “quarter days,” traditionally marked by the election of magistrates, the beginning of the legal and university terms, and the collection of quarterly rents. There is an old English folk rhyme which says, "Who'er eats goose on Michaelmas Day will e'er have money his debts to pay.”
n doing research for this series of artwork, I came across a lot of interesting material
on the web. I'm happy to pass some of the best along to you in the links below.
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Patron of I Soldiers I Police
Officers & Knights I Emergency Medical Technicians & Paramedics I Pilots I
Paratroopers, Mountaineers
& All Who Work in High Places I
Radiology I Mariners & Sailors I Security Forces I
Fencing & Swordsmiths
I Grocers I Artists I
Bakers I Coopers I
Endangered Children
& Those in Need of Protection I
Hatmakers I The Sick & Dying I Cemeteries I
The Basques I Brussels I Cornwall,
England I Germany I Papua, New Guinea
Invoked against I The Powers of Evil
I Temptation I Storms at Sea
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Our Archangel Michael is available
for purchase as an AnachronTM,
Poster, Spirit
Stone, Pendant, "Art-to-Wear" and more... please visit 
to view the entire collection.
(We also have Gabriel and Raphael.)
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View Michael's
sculptural plaque
and "Illuminated Manuscript"
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Wikipedia Article on Michael - a great place to start searching for information about Raphael as well
as Archangels in general.
General Information, with quite
a bit from the Jewish perspective.
Catholic Encyclopedia
- lots of info from the Roman perspective
Images and Information from
the Antiochian orthodox perspective
The Order of Saint Michael
is an ecumenical, non-dogmatic and non-denominational, Christian community oriented toward self-knowledge and spiritual
growth, including clergy as well as lay members. The Order is not intended as a substitute for an individual's
affiliation with any institutional church or denomination, but as an adjunct to and enrichment of his or her understanding
of God.
Call on Michael to "Kick Some Butt"
MaryEllen O'Brien is
a PhD candidate at Loyola University in Chicago who personally related her "Michael Story" to me, subsequently
publishing it in U.S. Catholic Magazine, September 2006.
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