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- 8 May – Apparition of Saint Michael and Protector of Cornwall
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Archangel. Leader of the army of God during the Lucifer uprising. Devotion is common to Muslims, Christians and Jews, and there are writings about him in all three cultures. Considered the guardian angel of Israel, and the guardian and protector of the Church. In the Book of Daniel (12:1), Michael is described as rising up to defend the Church against the Anti-Christ.
The feast of the Apparition of Saint Michael commemorates appearance of the archangel to a man named Gargan in 492 on Mount Gargano near Manfredonia in southern Italy. Gargan and others were pasturing cattle on the mountain; a bull wandered off and hid in a cave. An arrow was shot into the cave, but it came flying back out and wounded the archer. The cowherds went to their bishop who ordered three days of fasting and prayer to seek an explanation for the mystery. At the end of the three days Michael appeared to the bishop and requested a church built in the honour of the Holy Angels in the cave. If you find medals or holy cards with ‘relics‘ of Michael, they are probably rock chips from the cave, or pieces of cloth that have touched it.
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Name Meaning
- Who is like God? (the battle cry of the army of heaven)
- against danger at sea
- against temptations
- ambulance drivers
- artists
- bakers
- bankers
- banking
- barrel makers
- battle
- boatmen
- coopers
- dying people
- emergency medical technicians
- EMTs
- fencers
- fencing
- Greek Air Force
- greengrocers
- grocers
- haberdashers
- hatmakers
- hatters
- holy death
- knights
- mariners
- milleners
- paramedics
- paratroopers
- police officers
- radiologists
- radiotherapists
- sailors
- security guards
- sick people
- soldiers
- Spanish police officers
- storms at sea
- swordsmiths
- watermen
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- England
- Germany
- Papua, New Guinea
- Coimbatore, India, diocese of
- Iligan, Philippines, diocese of
- Mobile, Alabama, archdiocese of
- Pensacola-Tallahassee, Florida, diocese of
- Rouyn-Noranda, Québec, diocese of
- San Angelo, Texas, diocese of
- Seattle, Washington, archdiocese of
- Sherbrooke, Canada, archdiocese of
- Springfield, Massachusetts, diocese of
- Toronto, Ontario, archdiocese of
- Brecht, Belgium
- Brussels, Belgium
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Sibenik, Croatia
- Cornwall, England
- London, England
- Dormagen, Germany
- Zeitz, Germany
- Dunakeszi, Hungary
- Albenga, Italy
- Badia Tedalda, Italy
- Brendola, Italy
- Caltanissett, Sicily, Italy
- Carpineto Sinello, Italy
- Castel Madama, Italy
- Castiglion Fiorentino, Italy
- Castrignano del Capo, Italy
- Celico, Italy
- Cerveteri, Italy
- Cuneo, Italy
- Gaby, Italy
- Gravina, Italy
- Greccio, Italy
- Marcianise, Italy
- Pergine Valdarno, Italy
- Salgareda, Italy
- Sant’Angelo Romano, Italy
- Saracinesco, Italy
- Umbria, Italy
- Vallinfreda, Italy
- Iklin, Malta
- Puebla, Mexico
- San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
- Argao, Cebu, Philippines
- Basey, Samar, Philippines
- San Miguel, Iloilo, Philippines
- Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico
- Naranjito, Puerto Rico
- Congregation of Saint Michael the Archangel
- Siegburg Abbey
- Litany to Michael the Archangel
- Prayer to Michael the Archangel
- Prayer to Michael the Archangel
- Prayer to Michael the Archangel for Help Against Spiritual Enemies
- Prayer to Michael the Archangel
- Prayer to Michael the Archangel
- Novena Prayer to Michael the Archangel
- Police Officer’s Prayer to Michael the Archangel
- balance (helping to judge at the Last Judgment)
- banner (as the leader of the army of God)
- dragon (representing the defeated devil)
- scales (helping to judge at the Last Judgment)
- sword (as a soldier of God)
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Additional Information
- Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
- Catholic Encyclopedia
- Catholic Online
- Christian Biographies, by James E Kiefer
- Goffine’s Devout Instructions
- Golden Legend
- Jewish Encyclopedia
- Katherine Rabenstein
- Kirken i Norge
- Lives of the Saints, by Father Alban Butler
- Lives of the Saints, by John J Crawley
- New Catholic Dictionary
- Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
- Pictorial Lives of the Saints
- Roman Martyrology
- Wikipedia
Readings
You should be aware that the word “angel” denotes a function rather than a nature. Those holy spirits of heaven have indeed always been spirits. They can only be called angels when they deliver some message. Moreover, those who deliver messages of lesser importance are called angels; and those who proclaim messages of supreme importance are called archangels.
Whenever some act of wondrous power must be performed, Michael is sent, so that his action and his name may make it clear that no one can do what God does by his superior power. - from a homily by Pope Saint Gregory the Great
MLA Citation
- “Michael the Archangel“. Saints.SQPN.com. 13 May 2013. Web. 21 May 2013. <>