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|feast_day = * '''29 September''' ("[[Michaelmas]]" – [[Catholic Church]], [[Anglican Communion]] and [[Lutheranism]])
* '''8 November''' (New Calendar [[Eastern Orthodox Churches]])
* '''8 November''' ([[Eastern Catholic Churches]])
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|major_shrine =[[Mont Saint-Michel]], [[Sanctuary of Monte Sant'Angelo|The Sanctuary of Saint Michael the Archangel]]
|attributes = banner, [[weighing scale|scales]], weighing souls, sword, slaying Satan or a dragon
|patronage = 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]], [[Rome]], [[Lazio]], [[Italy]],<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 |archive-date=2017-07-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170709154017/http://www.news.va/en/news/benedict-xvi-joins-pope-francis-in-consecrating-va |url-status=dead }}</ref><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> [[France]], [[Germany]], [[Israel]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.die-tagespost.de/kirche/heilige/heiliger-erzengel-michael-schutzpatron-deutschlands-art-172857|title=Heiliger Erzengel Michael: Schutzpatron Deutschlands|first=Claudia |last=Kock |date=8 December 2021|website=die-tagespost.de}}</ref> [[Normandy]], [[France]], [[Kyiv]], [[Ukraine]], dying people, [[poor souls]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.donaukurier.de/archiv/erzengel-teufelsbezwinger-und-beliebter-schutzpatron-3625816|title=Heiliger Erzengel Michael: Schutzpatron Deutschlands |website=Donaukurier.de |first=Claudia |last=Kock |date=8 December 2021}}</ref> [[bankers]], [[grocery store|grocers]], [[Police]], especially [[police officer|Police Officers]], [[Military]], especially [[Military Personnel|military personnel]] and others, etcetera.
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'''Michael''',{{#tag:ref|({{IPA|he|mixaˈʔel|lang}}; {{langx|he|מִיכָאֵל|lit=Who is like El [God]?|translit=Mīḵāʾēl}}; {{langx|el|Μιχαήλ|translit=Mikhaḗl}}; {{langx|la|Michahel}}; {{langx|ar|ميخائيل ، مِيكَالَ ، ميكائيل|translit=Mīkāʾīl, Mīkāl, Mīkhāʾīl}})|group="Notes"}} also called '''Saint Michael the Archangel''', '''Archangel Michael''' and '''Saint Michael the [[Taxiarch]]'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/search?query=%22St.+Michael+the+Taxiarch%22&sin=TXT/|title=It is so called in the Orthodox Church.|website=archive.org}}</ref>{{dead link|date=December 2023}} is an [[archangel]] in [[Christianity]], [[Judaism]], [[Islam]], and the [[Baháʼí Faith]]. The earliest surviving mentions of his name are in third- and second-century&nbsp;BC Jewish works, often but not always apocalyptic, where he is the chief of the [[angels]] and [[archangels]], and he is the guardian prince of Israel and is responsible for the care of the [[Israelites|people]] of [[Biblical Israel|Israel]].{{sfn|Asale|2020|p=55}}{{sfn|Hannah|2011|pp=33–54}}{{sfn|Hannah|2011|p=33}}{{sfn|Barnes|1993|p=54}} Christianity conserved nearly all the Jewish traditions concerning him,{{sfn|Hannah|2011|p=54}} and he is mentioned explicitly in [[Revelation 12]]:7–12,<ref>{{bibleverse|Revelation|12:7-12}}</ref> where he does battle with [[Satan]],{{sfn|Bromiley|1971|pp=156–157}} and in the [[Epistle of Jude]], where the author denounces certain "ungodly persons" by contrasting them with Michael.{{sfn|Hannah|2011|p=46}}

== Judaism ==
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[[File:Guido Reni 031.jpg|right|thumb|[[Guido Reni]]'s archangel Michael (in the Capuchin church of [[Santa Maria della Concezione]], [[Rome]], 1636) tramples Satan. A mosaic of the same painting decorates ''St. Michael's Altar'' within [[St. Peter's Basilica]].]]


The [[Book of Enoch]]{{sfn|Hannah|2011|p=33}} lists him as one of seven archangels (the remaining names are [[Uriel]], [[Raguel (angel)|Raguel]], [[Raphael (archangel)|Raphael]], [[Sariel]], [[Gabriel]], and [[Remiel]]), who, in the [[Book of Tobit]], "stand ready and enter before the glory of the Lord".{{sfn|Barnes|1993|p=54}} The fact that Michael is introduced implies the knowledge of him and the other named angels. {{sfn|Hannah|2011|p=33}}{{sfn|Collins|1999|p=339}} He is mentioned again in [[Daniel's final vision|last chapters of the Book of Daniel]], a Jewish apocalypse composed in the second century BC although set in the sixth, in which a man clothed in linen (never identified, but probably the archangel [[Gabriel]]) tells Daniel that he and "Michael, your prince" are engaged in a battle with the "[[Territorial spirit#Daniel 10|prince of Persia]]", after which, at the end-time, "Michael, the great prince who protects your people, will arise".{{sfn|Collins|1984|pp=34–36}}{{sfn|Hill|2008|p=176}}
'''Michael''' ({{lang-he|מִיכָאֵל}} (pronounced {{IPA-he|ˌmixäˈʔel|}}), ''Micha'el'' or ''Mîkhā'ēl''; {{lang-el|Μιχαήλ}}, ''Mikhaḗl''; {{lang-la|Michael}} or ''Míchaël''; {{lang-ar|ميخائيل}}, ''Mīkhā'īl'') is an [[archangel]] in Jewish, Christian, and Islamic tradition. He is viewed as the field commander of the [[Heavenly host|Army of God]]. He is mentioned by name in the [[Book of Daniel]],<ref name="bibleverse||Daniel|10:13|KJV">{{Bibleverse||Daniel|10:13|KJV}}</ref> the [[Book of Jude]],<ref>{{Bibleverse||Jude|1:9|NIV}}</ref> and the [[Book of Revelation]], in which he leads God's armies against Satan's forces during his uprising.<ref>{{Bibleverse||Revelation|12:7|KJV}}</ref> In the book of Daniel, Michael appears as "one of the chief princes"<ref name="bibleverse||Daniel|10:13|KJV"/> who in [[Daniel]]'s vision comes to [[Gabriel]]'s aid in his contest with the angel of [[Persia]] ([[Dobiel]]). Michael is also described there as the advocate of the [[Children of Israel]] and as a "great prince who stands up for the children of your [Daniel's] people".<ref>{{Bibleverse||Daniel|10:21|HE}}, {{Bibleverse-nb||Daniel|12:1|HE}}</ref>


Enoch was instrumental in establishing the pre-eminent place of Michael among the angels or archangels, and in later Jewish works, he is said to be their chief, mediating the [[Torah]] (the law of God), and standing at the right hand of the throne of God.{{sfn|Asale|2020|p=55}} In the traditions of the [[Qumran]] community, he defends or leads the people of God in the eschatological (i.e., end-time) battle.{{sfn|Fahlbusch|1999|p=674}} And in other writings, he is responsible for the care of Israel (and he may be the "one like a son of man" mentioned in Daniel 7:13–14) and the commander of the heavenly armies; he is Israel's advocate contesting Satan's claim to the body of Moses; he intercedes between God and humanity and serves as High Priest in the heavenly sanctuary; and he accompanies the souls of the righteous dead to Paradise.{{sfn|Hannah|2011|pp=33–54}}
In Hebrew, ''Michael'' means "who is like [[God in Judaism|God]]" (''mi''-who, ''ke''-as or like, ''[[El (deity)|El]]''-deity), which in [[Talmud]]ic tradition is interpreted as a rhetorical question: "[[Who is like God?]]" (which expects an answer in the negative) to imply that ''no one'' is like God. In this way, Michael is reinterpreted as a symbol of humility before God.<ref>''Studies in Revelation'' by Hampton J. Keathley, 3rd, J. Hampton Keathley III 1997 ISBN 0-7375-0008-5 page 209 [http://books.google.com/books?id=lBqQFSTDyQ0C&pg=PA209&dq=%22who+is+like+god%22+rhetorical&hl=en&ei=IH-jTN7nBIqOjAeL6ZyKAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCsQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22who%20is%20like%20god%22%20rhetorical&f=false]</ref><ref>
*[http://books.google.co.ve/books?id=MMQUAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA563&dq=michael+mikah+el+like+god&lr=&as_brr=3&ei=GHvQSoqNLIjWzASmqa3fDQ#v=onepage&q=&f=false Wilhelm Gesenius and Edward Robinson, ''A Hebrew and English lexicon of the Old Testament'']
*[http://books.google.co.ve/books?id=u3MZAAAAYAAJ&pg=PT59&dq=michael+mikah+el+like+god&lr=&as_brr=3&ei=GHvQSoqNLIjWzASmqa3fDQ#v=onepage&q=&f=false A comprehensive dictionary of the English language by Joseph Emerson Worcester]
*[http://books.google.co.ve/books?id=M5YVAAAAYAAJ&pg=PT52&dq=michael+mikah+el+like+god&lr=&as_brr=3&ei=J3vQSp7HOojWzASmqa3fDQ#v=onepage&q=&f=false A pronouncing, explanatory, and synonymous dictionary of English by Joseph Emerson Worcester]
*[http://books.google.co.ve/books?id=gT86hw4gAi0C&pg=PA81&dq=michael+mikah+el+like+god&lr=&as_brr=3&ei=J3vQSp7HOojWzASmqa3fDQ#v=onepage&q=&f=false Prophets and Apostles by Joseph Ponessa,Laurie Watson Manhardt]
*[http://books.google.co.ve/books?id=aJP_1RgsDzwC&pg=PA340&dq=michael+mi+kah+el+like+god&lr=&as_brr=3&ei=83rQSqaLL6O4ywT-643vDQ#v=onepage&q=&f=false Connections: a guide to types and symbols in the Bible by Glen Carpenter]
*[http://books.google.co.ve/books?id=pNX28yR3YSgC&pg=PA859&dq=michael+mikah+el+like+god&lr=&as_brr=3&ei=cXvQSqTuOaG8zgSv1NDeDQ#v=onepage&q=&f=false Super Giant Print Dictionary and Concordance by David K. Stabnow]
*History of Christian Names - Charlotte Mary Yonge
*[http://books.google.co.ve/books?id=amlXOOaSuLMC&pg=PA197&dq=michael+%22who+is+like%22&lr=&as_brr=3&ei=OLLPSsuSNYjWzAStru3FBA#v=onepage&q=michael%20%22who%20is%20like%22&f=false The Oxford guide to people & places of the Bible By Bruce M. Metzger,Michael D. Coogan]
*[http://books.google.co.ve/books?id=Zkla5Gl_66oC&pg=PA347&dq=michael+%22who+is+like%22&lr=&as_brr=3&ei=z7TPSvaRAqfCyATau9zIBA#v=onepage&q=michael%20%22who%20is%20like%22&f=false The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia by Geoffrey W. Bromiley]
*[http://books.google.co.ve/books?id=j9db9kGwG3MC&pg=PA533&dq=michael+%22who+is+like%22&lr=&as_brr=3&ei=uLTPStqKFqCIzQTxzpDLBA#v=onepage&q=michael%20%22who%20is%20like%22&f=false All the People in the Bible by Richard R. Losch]
*[http://books.google.co.ve/books?id=-WC7UgQHQlcC&pg=PA362&dq=michael+%22who+is+like%22&lr=&as_brr=3&ei=uLTPStqKFqCIzQTxzpDLBA#v=onepage&q=michael%20%22who%20is%20like%22&f=false A dictionary of the Bible by Samuel Rolles Driver]
*[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10275b.htm The Catholic Encyclopedia]
*[http://books.google.co.ve/books?id=Yzmi5_408K4C&pg=PA270&dq=michael+%22who+is+like%22&as_brr=3&ei=E7LPSqa-EIvyyASbw7nIBA#v=onepage&q=michael%20%22who%20is%20like%22&f=false Who's who in the Jewish Bible by David Mandel]
*[http://books.google.co.ve/books?id=iRMaAAAAIAAJ&pg=PR101&dq=michael+%22who+is+like%22&lr=&as_brr=3&ei=0bLPSsa5EIr-zQTe4dXZBA#v=onepage&q=michael%20%22who%20is%20like%22&f=false History of Christian names, Volumen 1 by Charlotte Mary Yonge]</ref>


== New Testament ==
Much of the late [[Midrash]]ic detail about Michael was transmitted to Christianity through the [[Book of Enoch]], whence it was taken up and further elaborated. [[Cult (religion)|Christian ''cultus'']] devoted to the archangel was first initiated in the East, as a healer, at [[Chonae]] near [[Colossae]] in [[Phrygia]] and in the West, at the end of the fifth century, as a patron in war, at [[Monte Sant'Angelo sul Gargano]]. In late [[medieval Christianity]], Michael, together with [[Saint George]], became the [[patron saint]] of [[chivalry]]. [[Jean Molinet]] was one who 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. 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]]. Michael is also considered in many Christian circles as the patron saint of the warrior. [[Police officer]]s and [[soldier]]s, particularly [[paratrooper]]s and [[fighter pilot]]s, regard him as their patron. He is the Patron of the [[Catholic Police Guild]]. He is also a patron of Germany,<ref name="cfs">{{cite web | authorlink = | coauthors = | title = Michael the Archangel | work = Patron Saints Index | publisher =Catholic Community Forum | date = | url =http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/saintm06.htm | doi = | accessdate=2007-12-04}}</ref> the [[City of Brussels]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.brusselsinternational.be/wabxlint/organizer/contentlist.jsp?affback=1&nid=3426&cid=O.ORG.VGO&c=1 |title=Bruxelles International : Brussels... Mysterious and esoteric |language={{fr icon}} |publisher=Brusselsinternational.be |date= |accessdate=2010-07-21}}</ref> and [[Kiev]].
The seven archangels (or four – the traditions differ but always include Michael) were associated with the branches of the [[Temple menorah|menorah]], the sacred seven-branched lampstand in the Temple as the seven spirits before the throne of God, and this is reflected in the [[Book of Revelation]] 4:5 ("From the throne came flashes of lightning, and rumblings and peals of thunder, and before the throne were burning seven torches of fire, which are the seven spirits of God" – ESV).{{sfn|Barker|2006|p=123}} Michael is mentioned explicitly in Revelation 12:7–12, where he does battle with Satan and casts him out of heaven so that he no longer has access to God as accuser (his formal role in the Old Testament).{{sfn|Bromiley|1971|pp=156–157}} The fall of Satan at the coming of Jesus marks the separation of the New Testament from Judaism.{{sfn|Bromiley|1971|p=157}} In [[Gospel of Luke|Luke]] 22:31 Jesus tells Peter that Satan has asked God for permission to "sift" the disciples, the goal being to accuse them, but the accusation is opposed by Jesus, who thus takes on the role played by angels, and especially by Michael, in Judaism.{{sfn|Bromiley|1971|p=156}}


Michael is mentioned by name for the second time in the [[Epistle of Jude]], a passionate warning against divisive, abusive, ungodly persons.{{sfn|Green|2008|p=18}} In verses 9–10 the author denounces the ungodly persons by contrasting them with the archangel Michael, who, disputing with Satan over the body of Moses, "did not presume to pronounce the verdict of 'slander' but said, 'The Lord punish you!'{{sfn|Green|2008|p=79}}
[[Roman Catholics]], [[Anglicans]], and [[Lutherans]] refer to him as '''Saint Michael the Archangel''' and also simply as '''Saint Michael'''. [[Eastern Orthodox Church|Orthodox Christian]]s refer to him as the '''[[Taxiarch]] Archangel Michael''' or simply Archangel Michael.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ctrforchristcon.org/christ-michael.asp |title=CTRforChristCon.org |publisher=CTRforChristCon.org |date= |accessdate=2010-07-21}}</ref> {{anchor|Christ Michael}}[[Jehovah's Witnesses]], [[Seventh-day Adventist]]s, and certain [[New Age]] Christian denominations refer to Michael as the '''Christ Michael''', or Christ before he became man.<ref>http://www.ctrforchristcon.org/christ-michael.asp</ref><ref>http://www.truthorfables.com/Is_Michael_Christ.htm</ref><ref>http://lightson.net/michael.htm</ref> [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] teaches that Michael is the heavenly form of [[Adam]] from the [[Book of Genesis]].


==Hebrew Bible==
==Later traditions==
===Christianity===
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[[File:Mikharkhangel2.jpg|thumb|right|235px|The main icon of the [[Archangel Cathedral]] in the [[Moscow Kremlin]] (ca. 1410s).]]


====Early Christian views and devotions====
===Book of Joshua===
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>
Some believe the numinous "captain of the host of the Lord" encountered by Joshua in the early days of his campaigns in the Promised Land ([[Book of Joshua|Joshua]] 5:13-15) is Michael the Archangel. This unnamed heavenly messenger is of supernatural and holy origin, likely sent by God:


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 fourth century by [[Constantine the Great]] 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>
{{quote|Once when Joshua was near Jericho, he looked up and saw a man standing before him with a drawn sword in his hand. Joshua went to him and said to him, ‘Are you one of us, or one of our adversaries?’ He replied, ‘Neither; but as commander of the army of the Lord I have now come.’ And Joshua fell on his face to the earth and worshipped, and he said to him, ‘What do you command your servant, my lord?’ The commander of the army of the Lord said to Joshua, ‘Remove the sandals from your feet, for the place where you stand is holy.’ And Joshua did so.|{{Bibleref|Joshua|5:13-15|NRSV}} ([[New Revised Standard Version|NRSV]])}}


[[Epiphanius of Salamis]] (c. 310–320 – 403) in his Coptic-Arabic ''Hexaemeron'' referred 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 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190803172624/https://journal.fi/store/article/view/9526 |date=2019-08-03 }}</ref>
There is some controversy about this passage, however.
In other places in the Bible, angels do not accept the worship of humans (see Rev. 22:9 for an example); the willingness of this person to accept Joshua's worship implies that he was divine (e.g., a theophany of God). However, it is not clear whether the angel was the subject of Joshua's worship or merely instigated worship of God.


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 the 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>
==Book of Daniel==
The prophet [[Daniel]] experiences a vision after having undergone a period of fasting. In the vision, an angel identifies Michael as the protector of [[Israel]] (10:13, 21). Later in the vision (12:1), Daniel is informed that Michael will stand for Israel during the time of the End. There is no further mention of Michael in the Hebrew Bible.


In the fourth 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 sixth 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>
==Apocrypha==
===War of the Sons of Light Against the Sons of Darkness===
In the [[War of the Sons of Light Against the Sons of Darkness]], Michael is described as the prince of light, leading forces of God against the darkness of evil, who is led by [[Belial]]. He is described as the "viceroy of heaven".


In the sixth 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 seventh-century [[Gelasian Sacramentary]] included the feast ''"S. Michaelis Archangeli"'', as did the eighth-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 />
===Book of Enoch===
[[File:Michael archangel Kiev SHCH.jpeg|thumb|200px|left|A monument to St. Michael, the patron of [[Kiev]] at the [[Maidan Nezalezhnosti|Independence Square]] in the center of the city.]]
Michael is designated in the ''[[Book of Enoch]]'', as "the prince of Israel" and the "archistratege" of God. He is the angel of forbearance and mercy (''Enoch'', xl:3) who taught Enoch the mysteries of clemency and justice (lxxi:2). Some speculate that the angel in the book of ''[[Jubilees]]'' (i:27 and ii:1), who is said to have instructed Moses on Mount Sinai and to have delivered to him the tablets of Law, may be Michael.


The [[angelology]] of [[Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite|Pseudo-Dionysius]], which was widely read as of the sixth century, gave Michael a rank in the [[hierarchy of angels]]. Later, in the thirteenth 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 /><ref>Even if they are the lowest order of angels, according to ''[[Summa Theologica|Summa]]'' Ia. 113.3, [[Psalms 90]] attributes the guardianship of men to the angels and In {{bibleref2|Matthew|18:10|NKJV}} Jesus warns not to despise children because "their angels in [[heaven]] always see the [[Face of God|face]] of my [[God the Father|Father]] in heaven."</ref>
Enoch 9:1 states that Michael, along with [[Gabriel (archangel)|Gabriel]], [[Raphael (archangel)|Raphael]], [[Uriel (archangel)|Uriel]] and [[Suriel]] heard the cries of men under the strain of the [[Watcher (angel)|Watchers]] and their giant offspring. It was Michael and his compatriots that beseeched God on behalf of men, prompting Yahweh to call Enoch to prophethood.


====Catholicism====
In Enoch 10:15 Yahweh says to Michael; "Go and announce his crime to Samyaza, and to the others who are with him, who have been associated with women, that they might be polluted with all their impurity. And when all their sons shall be slain, when they shall see the perdition of their beloved, bind them for seventy generations underneath the earth, even to the day of Judgement, and of consummation, until the judgement, the effect of which will last forever and be completed."
{{For|Roman Catholic views and prayers|Saint Michael (Roman Catholic)}}
[[File:Second class Relic stone of Saint Michael the Archangel.jpg|thumb|upright|Second-class relic stone of Saint Michael the Archangel from Monte Gargano, Italy]]
[[File:Jacopo vignali, san michele arcangelo libera le anime del purgatorio.jpg|thumb|upright| ''[[Saint Michael (Roman Catholic)#At the hour of death|Archangel Michael frees souls from 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]]{{citation needed|date=November 2024}}. He is generally referred to in Christian [[litany|litanies]] as "Saint Michael", as in the [[Litany of the Saints]]. In the shortened version used in the [[Easter Vigil]], he alone of the angels and archangels is mentioned by name, saints [[Gabriel]] and [[Raphael (archangel)|Raphael]] being omitted.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://www.vr-elibrary.de/doi/book/10.13109/9783666533976 |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|doi=10.13109/9783666533976 |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", his conflict with evil taken as "the battle within".{{sfn|Starr|2007|p=2}}
Enoch 20:5 says that Michael presides over human virtue in order to command nations.


[[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]]]]
Enoch 24:4-10 has Enoch before the Tree of Life/Mercy, and Michael explains to him that he should not touch it, for it is for those who are 'elect' after the day of Judgement.
The second and third roles of Michael in Catholic teachings deal with death. In his second role, he is the angel of death, [[psychopomp|carrying the souls]] of Christians to heaven. Catholic prayers often refer to this role of Michael. In his third role, he weighs souls on his perfectly balanced scales. For this reason, he is often depicted holding scales.{{sfn|Starr|2007|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]] reflect that history. Moreover, doubtless for the same motive 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>
Enoch 40:8 says that Michael is patient and merciful.


Catholic tradition includes also elements 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 |access-date=2011-11-01 |archive-date=2019-07-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190710020229/http://ewtn.com/Devotionals/prayers/michael.htm |url-status=dead }}</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.{{sfn|Ball|2003|p=123}}<ref>[[EWTN]] [http://www.ewtn.com/devotionals/prayers/chaplet-of-st-michael.htm "The Chaplet of St. Michael the Archangel] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101029165706/http://www.ewtn.com/Devotionals/prayers/chaplet-of-st-michael.htm |date=2010-10-29 }}"</ref>
Enoch 53:6 states that Michael, along with Gabriel, Raphael and Phanuel shall be strengthened during the Battle of Armageddon.


=====Saint Michael the Archangel prayer=====
Enoch 58 shows Enoch overcome with terror over a vision he has, and Michael is quick to interpret. The terror is only for those who turn on Yahweh, that the Day of Judgement is for the elect, a day of covenant, while for sinners it is a day of inquisition.
{{Main|Prayer to Saint Michael#In the Leonine Prayers}}
{{verse translation|lang=la
|<poem>
Sancte Míchael Archángele,
defénde nos in próelio;
contra nequítiam et insídias diáboli esto praesídium.
Imperet illi Deus, súpplices deprecámur,
tuque, Prínceps milítiae caeléstis,
Sátanam aliósque spíritus malígnos,
qui ad perditiónem animárum pervagántur in mundo,
divína virtúte, in inférnum detrúde.<ref name="bollettino">{{Cite web |title=Holy See Press Office Communiqué |url=http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2018/09/29/180929d.html |access-date=2018-09-30 |website=press.vatican.va}}</ref>
</poem>
|<poem>
Saint Michael the Archangel,
defend us in battle.
Be our defense against the wickedness and snares of the Devil.
May God rebuke him, we humbly pray,
and do thou, O Prince of the heavenly hosts,
by the power of God, thrust into hell Satan,
and all the evil spirits, who prowl about the world
seeking the ruin of souls.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Catholic News Agency Resources| url=https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/resource/55370/prayer-to-saint-michael-the-archangel |access-date=2024-05-29 }}</ref>
</poem>}}


====Eastern and Oriental Orthodoxy====
Enoch 66:14-15 has Michael explaining to Enoch that the evil spirits [demons] shall bear witness against those of the flesh who supported them. Yet Enoch is told that Michael holds a secret oath so that the elect shall not perish by their knowledge like the sinners, Enoch 68:20-22.
The [[Eastern Orthodox]] accord Michael the title ''Archistrategos'', or "Supreme Commander of the Heavenly Hosts".<ref>{{cite book |last=Baun |first=Jane |url= |title=Tales from Another Byzantium |publisher=Cambridge University Press |year=2007 |isbn=978-0-521-82395-1 |pages=391 et passim |access-date=}}</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>
Enoch 70:11-16 shows that Michael, Gabriel, Raphael and [[Phanuel (angel)|Phanuel]] always 'escort' Yahweh [God the Father], whenever he leaves his throne.


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" />
===Rabbinic traditions===
[[File:Michael4.jpg|thumb|Statue of Archangel Michael at the [[University of Bonn]], slaying Satan represented as a dragon. ''[[Quis ut Deus]]'' is inscribed on his shield.]]
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. Daniel 10:13) and particularly with the angel [[Samael]], Israel's accuser. Michael's enmity with 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 (Midrash Pirke R. El. xxvi.).<ref>{{cite web | title = Jewish Encyclopedia - Michael | work = Jewish Encyclopedia | url = http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=560&letter=M#1833 | accessdate=2009-02-18}}</ref>


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), p. 203 {{ISBN?}}</ref><ref>''Architectures of Russian Identity, 1500 to the Present'', by James Cracraft (2003) {{ISBN|0801488281}}, p. 42</ref>
The [[rabbi]]s declare that Michael entered upon his role of defender at the time of the biblical patriarchs. Thus, according to Rabbi Eliezer ben Jacob, it was Michael who rescued Abraham from the furnace into which he had been thrown by Nimrod (Midrash Genesis Rabbah xliv. 16). It was Michael, the "one that had escaped" (Genesis 14:13), who told Abraham that Lot had been taken captive (Midrash Pirke R. El.), and who protected Sarah from being defiled by Abimelech. He announced to Sarah that she would bear a son and he rescued Lot at the destruction of Sodom (Talmud B. M. 86b).


In Ukraine, the Archangel Michael is the patron saint of the capital city, Kyiv. He became popular since the time of [[Vsevolod I of Kiev|Prince Vsevolod]] of Kievan Rus'.
It is said that Michael prevented [[Isaac]] from being sacrificed by his father by substituting a ram in his place, and saved Jacob, while yet in his mother's womb, from being killed by Samael (Midr. Abkir, in Yalḳ., Gen. 110). Later Michael prevented Laban from harming Jacob (Pirke R. El. xxxvi.). According to one source, it was Michael who wrestled with Jacob and who afterward blessed him (Targum pseudo-Jonathan to Genesis xxxii. 25; Pirke R. El. xxxvii.).


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 [[midrash]] ''Exodus Rabbah'' holds that Michael exercised his function of advocate of Israel at the time of the Exodus also, when Satan (as an adversary) accused the Israelites of idolatry and declared that they were consequently deserving of death by [[drowning]] in the Red Sea (Ex. R. xviii. 5). But according to Midr. Abkir, when Uzza, the tutelar angel of Egypt, summoned Michael to plead before God, Michael remained silent, and it was God himself who defended Israel.


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>
Legend makes Michael the teacher of Moses; so that the Israelites are indebted to their advocate for the supreme good of the [[Torah]]. This idea is alluded to in Midrash Deuteronomy Rabbah xi. 6 in the statement that Michael declined to bring Moses' soul to God on the ground that he had been Moses' teacher.


====Protestantism====
Michael is said to have destroyed the army of [[Sennacherib]] (Midrash Exodus Rabbah xviii. 5), a deed normally attributed to an otherwise unnamed angel of destruction but perhaps accomplished by [[Uriel]], [[Gabriel]], or others.
[[File:West Window, Church of the Good Shepherd (Rosemont, Pennsylvania).jpg|left|thumb|West window showing Michael in armour, Episcopal [[Church of the Good Shepherd (Rosemont, Pennsylvania)]] United States; memorial to the dead of the First World War]]
[[File:Erzengel Michael-Statue über dem Portal der St. Michaeliskirche Hamburg.jpg|thumb|Statue at [[St. Michael's Church, Hamburg]]]]
Protestants recognize Michael as an archangel. The [[Anglican]] and [[Methodist]] traditions recognize four 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|year=2000|publisher=Church Publishing, Inc.|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|page=493}}</ref> The controversial Anglican bishop [[Robert Clayton (bishop)|Robert Clayton]] (d. 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>


The [[Lutheran Church]]es of [[St. Michael's Church, Hamburg]] and [[St. Michael's Church, Hildesheim]] are named for Michael. In [[Johann Sebastian Bach|Bach]]'s time, the annual feast of Michael and All the Angels on 29 September was regularly celebrated with a festive service in Lutheran churches, 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.
Michael is also credited with being the angel who spoke to Moses in the burning bush (an honor often bestowed upon Zagzagel).


Many Protestant theologians identify a relationship, (e.g. [[Typology (theology)|typological]] or identical), between Michael with Christ, including:
He is accepted in lore as well as being the special patron of [[Adam (Bible)|Adam]]. Supposedly he was the first angel in all of the heavens to bow down before humanity.<ref>Kirkham, Melanie, ''Beyond Archangel - The Archangel Theme in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein'' Grin Verlag, 2007 [http://books.google.com/books?id=QlkigWUg0j4C&pg=PA2&dq=archangel+michael++bowed+down+before+humanity&num=100&ei=K1ZZSNKFH4ecjgHg67GNDA&client=firefox-a&sig=hxeYWXvV1kP3RgWf3984vqYGBO4]</ref> Michael then kept an eye on the first family, remaining vigilant even after the fall of Adam and Eve and their expulsion from the [[Garden of Eden]].


[[Martin Luther]]<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Luther |first1=Martin |url=http://archive.org/details/werkekritischege49luthuoft |title=Werke. Kritische Gesamtausgabe. [Hrsg. von J.K.F. Knaake et al.] |last2=Knaake |first2=Joachim Karl Friedrich |date=1883 |publisher=Weimar H. Böhlaus |others=Robarts – University of Toronto |isbn=978-3-7400-0036-3 |page=570}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Luther |first=Martin |title='Sermon on the Festival of St. Michael and All Angels, Revelation 12:7–12', in Luther's Works, ed. Christopher Boyd Brown, trans. Matt Lundin |date=2010 |publisher=Concordia Publishing House |pages=58:178–79 }}</ref> [[Ernst Wilhelm Hengstenberg]],<ref>{{Cite book |last=Hengstenberg |first=Ernst Wilhelm |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vpg8AAAAYAAJ |title=Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions |date=1858 |publisher=T. & T. Clark |pages=304 }}</ref> [[Andrew Willet]]<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H6Fvjd_Nh8YC |title=Hexapla in Danielem: that Is, a Six-fold Commentarie Vpon the Most Diuine Prophesie of Daniel, According to the Method Propounded in Hexapla Upon Genesis and Exodus ... By Andrew Willet. [With the Text and an Appendix.] |date=1610 |publisher=By Cantrell Legge |pages=466 }}</ref> [[Hermann Witsius|Herman Witsius]]<ref>{{Cite book |last=Witsius |first=Herman |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DKQPAAAAIAAJ&q=michael |title=Sacred Dissertations: On what is Commonly Called the Apostles' Creed, 2 vols. |date=1823 |publisher=A. Fullerton & Company; and Khull, Blackie & Company Glasgow: and sold |pages=2:439 }} In note XLVII, Donald Fraser added, “The same opinion was held by Cloppenburgh, Vogelsangius, Pierce, and others, of former times; and of late, it has been strenuously supported by Bishop Horsley.”</ref> [[William Lindsay Alexander|W. L. Alexander]], Jacobus Ode,<ref>{{Cite book |last=ODE |first=Jacobus |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fqYQvLKEXfwC |title=Jacobi Ode ... Commentarius de Angelis |date=1755 |publisher=apud M. Visch |pages=1058 |language=la}}</ref> [[Campegius Vitringa]],<ref>{{Cite book |last=Vitringa |first=Campegius |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H4tYAAAAcAAJ |title=Uitlegging over het boek der profeetsyen van Jezaias, ...: In het werk zyn ingevoegt de kennisnemingen van het oude Moabitische landt, .../ Door den arbeidt en vlyt van Kampegius Vitringa ... ; Uit het Latijn vertaald en met de vereischte bladwijzers voorzien door Boudewyn ter Braak ... |date=1741 |publisher=by Jan en Hend. van der Deyster, en Abraham Kallewier |pages=562 |language=nl}}</ref> [[Philip Melanchthon]],<ref>{{Cite book |last=Melanchthon |first=Philipp |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=W0MYA3FztEwC |title=In Danielem Prophetam commentarius |date=1543 |publisher=Lufft |pages=141 |language=la}}</ref> [[Hugh Broughton]],<ref>{{Cite book |last=Broughton |first=Hugh |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vBW_AeJEfJcC&q=michael |title=Commentarius in Danielem : primum Anglice scriptus ab Hughone Broughtono, nunc Latinitate donatus per Ioannem Boreel, Mittelburgens |date=1599 |publisher=per Sebastianum Henricpetri |pages=91 |language=la}}</ref> [[Franciscus Junius (the elder)|Franciscus Junius]],<ref>{{Cite book |last=Robinson |first=Thomas |url=http://archive.org/details/homileticalcomme27robi |title=A homiletical commentary on the book of Daniel : with copious notes and indexes |date=1892 |publisher=London : R.D. Dickinson |others=Princeton Theological Seminary Library |pages=227}}</ref> [[Heinrich Andreas Christoph Havernick|Hävernick]]<ref>{{Cite book |last=Hävernick |first=Heinrich Andreas Christoph |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9aQUAAAAQAAJ |title=Commentar über das Buch Daniel |date=1832 |publisher=F. Perthes |pages=499 |language=de}}</ref> [[Amandus Polanus]],<ref>{{Cite book |last=Polansdorf |first=Amandus Polanus von |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZVNYAAAAcAAJ |title=In Danielem prophetam visionum amplitudine difficillimum, vaticiniorum maiestate augustissimum commentarius |date=1606 |publisher=Waldkirch |pages=1195 |language=la}}</ref> [[Johannes Oecolampadius]],<ref>{{Cite book |last=Ökolampadius |first=Johannes |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DJyUPrBVkB4C |title=In librum Iob exegemata ... |date=1553 |publisher=Crispinus |pages=259 |language=la}}</ref> [[Samuel Horsley|Samuel Horsely]],<ref>{{Cite book |last=Horsley |first=Samuel |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yaYGAAAAQAAJ |title=Sermons |date=1829 |pages=27 }}</ref> William Kincaid<ref>{{Cite book |last=Kinkade |first=William |url=http://archive.org/details/bibledoctrineofg00kink |title=The Bible doctrine of God, Jesus Christ, the Holy Spirit, atonement, faith, and election : to which is prefixed some thoughts on natural theology, and the truth of revelation |date=1829 |publisher=New York : H.R. Piercy, Printer |others=Princeton Theological Seminary Library |pages=152}}</ref> [[John Calvin]]<ref>{{Cite book |last=Calvin |first=Jean |url=http://archive.org/details/commentariesonda02calvuoft |title=Commentaries on the book of the Prophet Daniel; |date=1852–1853 |publisher=Edinburgh, Calvin Translation Society |others=Robarts – University of Toronto |pages=253}} Calvin was open to the view that Michael is Christ (i.e., he did not deny it), but did not positively take a side.</ref> [[Isaac Watts]],<ref>{{Cite book |last=Watts |first=Isaac |url=http://archive.org/details/gloryofchristasg00watt |title=The Glory of Christ as God-Man : displayed, in three discourses ... with an appendix containing an abridgement of Dr. Thomas Goodwin's discourse on the glories and royalties of Christ ... |date=1795 |publisher=Boston : Printed by Manning and Loring for David West |others=Princeton Theological Seminary Library |pages=223}}</ref> [[John Brown of Haddington|John Brown]],<ref>{{Cite book |last=Brown |first=John |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jwPeWnBrq8AC |title=Brown's Dictionary of the Holy Bible ...: The Whole Comprising a Complete and Most Entertaining Library of Scripture Knowledge |date=1807 |publisher=M. Angus and Son |pages=179 }}</ref> and James Wood.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Minister.) |first=James Wood (Wesleyan |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JrYsNWVxdasC |title=A Dictionary of the Holy Bible: containing an historical account of the persons; a geographical account of the places ... and an explication of the appellative terms mentioned in the Old and New Testament ... Extracted chiefly from Brown, Calmet,&c. ...|edition=10th |date=1825 |publisher=Caxton Press |pages=165 }}</ref>
[[File:Lusenberg-Michael-1879.jpg|thumb|left|Altar by [[Josef Moroder-Lusenberg|Joseph Lusenberg]], 1876]]
In the apocryphal [[Conflict of Adam and Eve with Satan]], Michael taught Adam how to farm. The archangel later brought Adam to heaven in a fiery chariot, giving him a tour of the blessed realm. After Adam's death, Michael helped convince the Lord to permit Adam's soul to be brought to heaven and cleansed of its great sin.
Jewish legend also states Michael to be one of the three "men" who visited Abraham. He is said to have tried to prevent Israel from being led into captivity by [[Nebuchadnezzar II]] and to save the [[Temple in Jerusalem|Temple]] from destruction; but the sins of the people were so great that he was powerless to carry his purposes into effect.
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 against Jerusalem, and that Michael was afterward very active in freeing his nation from Babylonian captivity ([[Émile Amélineau|Amélineau]], "Contes et Romans de l'Egypte Chrétienne," ii. 142 et seq.).
According to a midrash, Michael saved Hananiah and his companions from the [[Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego|Fiery furnace]] (Midrash Genesis Rabbah xliv. 16). Michael was active in the time of [[Esther]]: "The more Haman accused Israel on earth, the more Michael defended Israel in heaven" (Midrash Esther Rabbah iii. 8). It was Michael who reminded Ahasuerus that he was Mordecai's debtor (Targum to Esther vi. 1); and there is a legend that Michael appeared to the high priest Hyrcanus, promising him assistance (comp. Josephus, "Ant." xiii. 10, § 3).


[[Charles Haddon Spurgeon|Charles Spurgeon]] once stated that Jesus is "the true Michael"<ref>{{Cite book |last=Spurgeon |first=Charles Haddon |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Fec_AAAAcAAJ |title=Morning by Morning: Daily Readings for the Family Or the Closet |date=1866 |publisher=Passmore and Alabaster |pages=277 }}</ref> and "the only Archangel".<ref>{{Cite book |last=Spurgeon |first=Charles Haddon |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PBI6DwAAQBAJ |title=Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 14: 1868 |publisher= Lulu.com|isbn=978-1-77356-132-5 |pages=414 }}</ref>
The [[Motif (narrative)|motif]] of Michael and the dragon appears in Michael's fight with Samael in Assumptio Mosis, x.). This legend is not found in Jewish sources except insofar as Samael or Satan is called in the [[Kabbalah]] "the primitive serpent".


[[John Gill (theologian)|John Gill]] comments on Jude 9, "'Yet Michael the archangel ...' By whom is meant, not a created angel, but an eternal one, the Lord Jesus Christ ..."<ref>{{cite book |last1=Gill |first1=John |title=An Exposition of the New Testament |date=1746–1748}}</ref>
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. There were two prayers written beseeching him as the prince of mercy to intercede in favor of Israel: one composed by Eliezer ha-Kalir, and the other by Judah b. Samuel he-Hasid. But appeal to Michael seems to have been more common in ancient times. Thus Jeremiah is said (Baruch Apoc. Ethiopic, ix. 5) to have addressed a prayer to him. "When a man is in need he must pray directly to God, and neither to Michael nor to Gabriel" (Yer. Ber. ix. 13a).


====Seventh-day Adventists====
With regard to the nature of the offerings which Michael brings to the altar, one opinion is that they are the souls of the just, while according to another they are fiery sheep. The former opinion, which has become prevalent in Jewish mystical writings, explains the important position occupied by Michael in [[Jewish eschatology]]. The idea that Michael is the [[Charon (mythology)|Charon]] of individual souls, which is common among Christians, is not found in Jewish sources, but that he is in charge of the souls of the just appears in many Jewish writings.
{{See also|Seventh-day Adventist theology#Christ and the Archangel Michael|l1=Seventh-day Adventist, beliefs about Michael|Pre-existence of Christ}}
[[Seventh-day Adventist Church|Seventh-day Adventists]] believe that "Michael" is but one of the many titles applied to the pre-existent Christ, or Son of God. According to Adventists, such a view does not in any way conflict with the belief in the full deity and eternal preexistence of Jesus Christ, 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] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210513084729/http://www.sdanet.org/atissue/books/qod/index.htm |date=2021-05-13 }}, 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 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|Revelation 12:7–9]] identifies/refers to 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>
Michael is said to have had a dispute with Samael over the soul of Moses (Midrash Deut. Rabbah xi. 6.) According to the [[Zohar]], Michael accompanies the souls of the pious and helps them to enter the gates of the heavenly Jerusalem. It is said that Michael and his host are stationed at the gates of the heavenly Jerusalem and give admittance to the souls of the just. Michael's function is to open the gates also of justice to the just. It is also said that at the resurrection, Gabriel will sound the trumpet, at which the graves will open and the dead will rise.


====Jehovah's Witnesses====
==Christian tradition==
{{See also|Jehovah's witnesses#Jesus|l1=Jehovah's Witnesses beliefs about Jesus}}
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They believe the prominent roles assigned to Michael at Daniel 12:1,<ref>{{Bibleverse|Daniel|12:1|ESV}}</ref> Revelation 12:7,<ref>{{Bibleverse|Revelation |12:7|ESV}}</ref> Revelation 19:14,<ref>{{Bibleverse|Revelation |19:14|ESV}}</ref> and Revelation 16<ref>{{Bibleverse|Revelation|16|ESV}}</ref> 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> Their earliest teachings stated that Archangel Michael was not to be worshipped.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://archive.org/download/WatchtowerLibrary/magazines/enwiki/w/w1879_E.pdf|page=48|title=The Name of Jesus|magazine=The Watchtower|date=November 1879|year=1879|volume=1|issue=4}}</ref>
===Canonical New Testament===
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In the [[Epistle of Jude]] St Michael disputes with the Devil over the body of [[Moses]].<ref>{{bibleverse||Jude|1:9|31}}</ref> In the [[Book of Revelation]] "...there was war in heaven. Michael and his angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon and his angels fought back. But he was not strong enough, and they lost their place in heaven. The great dragon was hurled down - that ancient serpent called the devil, or Sa'tan (sa'tan means adversary in hebrew, sa'tan eventually became the word satan), who leads the whole world astray. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him."<ref>{{bibleverse||Revelation|12:7-9|31}}</ref> Saint John describes Satan being thrown out of heaven three and a half years from the end of the age, "a [[time, times and half a time]]".<ref>{{bibleverse||Revelation|12:14|31}}</ref> Satan being thrown from heaven coincides with the "abomination that causes desolation" spoken of by Daniel.<ref>{{bibleverse||Daniel|9:27}}</ref> In Catholic teachings, Saint Michael will also triumph at the end times when he defeats [[Antichrist]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newadvent.org/bible/dan012.htm |title=Catholic encyclopedia |publisher=Newadvent.org |date= |accessdate=2010-07-21}}</ref> [[The Book of Daniel]] (12:1) states: "At that time Michael, the great prince who protects your people, will arise."<ref name="Bible gateway, Daniel 12:1"/>


====The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints====
===Christian View===
{{See also|Beliefs and practices of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints}}
Some Christian theologians, identify Saint Michael in Scripture even where his name is not mentioned: examples of this identification include the [[cherub]] who stood at the gate of paradise, "to keep the way of the tree of life" ([[Book of Genesis|Genesis]] 3:24), the angel through whom God published the Decalogue to his chosen people, the angel who stood in the way against [[Balaam]] ([[Book of Numbers|Numbers]] 22:22 sqq.), the angel who routed the army of [[Sennacherib]] ([[2 Kings]] 19:35).
Members of [[the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] 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>


===Judaism===
It may have been natural to St Michael, the champion of the Jewish people, to be the champion also of Christians, giving victory in war to his clients. The early Christians, however, regarded some of the martyrs as their military patrons: [[Saint George]], [[Theodore of Amasea|Saint Theodore]], [[Saint Demetrius]], [[Saints Sergius and Bacchus]], [[St. Procopius|Saint Procopius]], [[Saint Mercurius]], etc.; but to St Michael they gave the care of their sick. At the place where he was first venerated, in [[Phrygia]] (modern-day [[Turkey]]), his prestige as an angelic healer obscured his interposition in military affairs. It was from early times the centre of the true cult of the holy angels, particularly of St Michael. Church tradition relates that Saint Michael in the earliest ages caused a medicinal spring to spout at Chairotopa, near [[Colossae]], where all the sick who bathed there, invoking the [[Blessed Trinity]] and St Michael, were cured.
[[File:Michael.svg|thumb|The name Michael in [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]]]]
According to [[rabbinic literature|rabbinic tradition]], Michael acted as the advocate of Israel, and sometimes had to fight with the princes of the other nations (Daniel 10:13) and particularly with the angel [[Samael]], Israel's accuser. Their enmity dates from the time Samael was thrown from heaven and tried to drag Michael down with him, necessitating God's intervention.<ref>[[Pirkei De-Rabbi Eliezer]] xxvi</ref><ref>{{cite encyclopedia | title = Michael | encyclopedia = Jewish Encyclopedia | url = http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=560&letter=M#1833 | access-date=2009-02-18}}</ref>


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, he held a 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> [[Jeremiah]] addresses a prayer to him.<ref>Baruch Apoc. Ethiopic, ix. 5</ref>
[[File:Michael Miracle Icon Sinai 12th century.jpg|thumb|left|The Miracle of St. Michael at [[Chonae]], 12th-century [[icon]] from [[Saint Catherine's Monastery]], [[Mount Sinai]].]]


The [[rabbi]]s declare that Michael entered into his role of defender at the time of the biblical patriarchs. Rabbi Eliezer ben Jacob said he rescued [[Abraham]] from the furnace into which he had been thrown by [[Nimrod]] (Midrash Genesis Rabbah xliv. 16). Some say he was 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 defilement by Abimelech.
Still more famous are the legends of the springs which St. Michael is said to have drawn from the rock at [[Colossae]] ([[Chonae]], on the [[Lycus]]). Church tradition tells that the pagans directed a stream against the sanctuary of St. Michael to destroy it, but the custodian of the shrine, named Archippus, prayed to St. Michael, and the archangel appeared and split the rock, opening up a new bed to divert the stream, and forever sanctified the waters which came from the gorge. The [[Orthodox Church]] believes that this apparition took place about the middle of the first century and celebrates a feast in commemoration of it on September 6<ref>Analecta Bolland., VIII, p 285-328</ref> as the ''"Miracle of the Archangel Michael at Chonae."''<ref>*[http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?SID=4&ID=1&FSID=102517 Miracle of the Archangel Michael at Chonae]</ref> The [[Chudov Monastery|Monastery of the Miracle]] in the [[Moscow Kremlin]], where the [[Tsar of Russia|Russian Tsars]] were [[baptism|baptized]], was dedicated to the Feast of the Miracle at Chonae (Kona). Hot springs at [[Pythia]] in [[Bithynia]] and elsewhere in [[Asia Minor]] were also dedicated to St Michael.


Michael prevented [[Isaac]] from sacrifice by his father by substituting a ram in his place. He saved [[Jacob]], while yet in his mother's womb, from death by Samael.<ref>Midrash Abkir, in Yalḳ., Gen. 110</ref> He later prevented Laban from harming Jacob.(''[[Pirke De-Rabbi Eliezer]]'', xxxvi).
At [[Constantinople]] likewise, Saint Michael was a great heavenly physician. His principal sanctuary, the ''"Michaelion"'', was at Sosthenion, some fifty miles south of Constantinople. He supposedly visited Emperor [[Constantine the Great]] at Constantinople, intervened in assorted battles, and appeared, sword in hand, over the mausoleum of [[Hadrian]], in apparent answer to the prayers of Pope St. [[Gregory I the Great]] (r. 590-604) that a plague in Rome should cease. In honor of the occasion, the pope took to calling the [[mausoleum]] the ''"[[Castel Sant'Angelo]]"'' (Castle of the Holy Angel), the name by which it is still known. The sick slept in this church at night to wait for a manifestation of St Michael; his feast was kept there June 9.


The [[midrash]] ''[[Exodus Rabbah]]'' holds that Michael exercised his function of advocate of Israel at the time of [[the Exodus]] and destroyed [[Sennacherib]]'s army.<ref>Midrash Exodus Rabbah xviii. 5</ref>
Another famous church was within the walls of the city, at the [[baths of Arcadius]]; there the synaxis of the archangel was celebrated November 8. This feast spread over the entire Greek Church, and the [[Syria]]n, [[Armenia]]n, and [[Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria|Coptic Church]]es also adopted it. It is currently the principal feast of St Michael amongst the [[Eastern Christians]]. Although originating in Phrygia, its station at Constantinople was known as the ''"Thermae of Arcadius"'' (Martinow, "Annus Graeco-slavicus", November 8). Other feasts of St Michael at Constantinople were: October 27, in the "Promotu" Church; June 18, in the Church of St Julian at the Forum; and December 10, at Athaea. [[File:Histamenon nomisma-Micael V-sb1776.jpg|thumb|300px|Archangel Michael as represented on a coin of Emperor [[Michael V]].]]


===Islam===
The early Christians of Egypt placed their life-giving river, the [[Nile]], under the protection of Saint Michael; they adopted the above Greek feast and keep it on November 12. On the twelfth of every month they celebrate a special [[Commemoration]] of the Archangel Michael. In addition, on June 12, when the Nile river commences to rise, they keep as a day of obligation the feast of ''"St Michael for the rising of the Nile."'' [Needs reference. Seems questionable.]
In Islam, Michael, or Mīkāʾīl,<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 the angel said to effectuate God's providence as well as natural phenomena, such as rain.<ref name=britannica>{{cite web |title=Mikal – Angel, Meaning, & Islam |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Mikal |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=5 August 2021 }}</ref> He is one of the four archangels along with [[Gabriel#Islam|Jibril]] (Gabriel, whom he is often paired with), [[Israfil|ʾIsrāfīl]] (trumpeter angel) and [[Azrael|ʿAzrāʾīl]] (angel of death).<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 in Islam is said to be friendly, asking [[God in Islam|God]] for mercy toward humans and is, according to Muslim legends, one of the first to obey God's orders to bow 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><ref name=britannica/> From the tears of Michael, angels are created as his helpers.<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>
At Rome, the Leonine Sacramentary (sixth century) has the ''"Natale Basilicae Angeli via Salaria"'', September 30; of the five Masses for the feast, three mention St Michael. The Gelasian Sacramentary (seventh century) gives the feast ''"S. Michaelis Archangeli"'', and the Gregorian Sacramentary (eighth century), ''"Dedicatio Basilionis S. Angeli Michaelis"'', September 29. A manuscript also here adds "via Salaria" (Ebner, "Miss. Rom. Iter Italicum", 127). This Church of the Via Salaria was six miles to the north of the city; in the ninth century it was called Basilica Archangeli in Septimo (Armellini, "Chiese di Roma", p.&nbsp;85). It disappeared a thousand years ago. At Rome also the part of heavenly physician was given to St Michael. According to a legend of the tenth century, he appeared over the Moles Hadriani (Castel di S. Angelo), in 950, during the procession which St. Gregory held against the pestilence, putting an end to the plague. [[Pope Boniface IV]] (608-15) built on the Moles Hadriani in honour of him, a church, which was styled St. Michaelis inter nubes (in summitate circi).<ref>Alban Butler, The lives of the fathers, martyrs, and other principal saints Published by Published by J. Duffy, 1866 page 320</ref>
[[File:Fontaine-Saint-Michel-p1000419.jpg|thumb|left||''[[Boulevard Saint-Michel|Fontaine Saint-Michel]]'' in Paris]]


Consensus of Islamic scholars and clerics has enclosed various hadiths as interpretation material for the verse of {{qref|3|124|c=y}} that Gabriel,<ref name = "Quran 4 U">{{cite web|url=http://www.quran4u.com/Tafsir%20Ibn%20Kathir/003%20Imran.htm |title=Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Surah Ale Imran |work=Quran 4 U|author=Ibn Kathir (d. 1373)|author-link=Ibn Kathir|publisher=[[Tafsir]]|access-date=22 December 2019}}</ref><ref name="Misri; Sirah Sahabah: Zubair bin Awwam">{{cite book |last1=al-Misri |first1=Mahmud |title=Sahabat-Sahabat Rasulullah vol 1: Zubair bin Awwam |trans-title=Companion of the Prophet vol 1: Zubair bin Awwam |date=2015 |publisher=Pustaka Ibnu Katsir |isbn=9789791294386 |language=id, ar |url=https://onesearch.id/Record/IOS3644.slims-9450 |access-date=6 November 2021 |page=[https://kalemtayeb.com/safahat/item/36531 Shaja'ah Zubayr ibn al-Awwam Radhiyallahu anh (bravery of Zubayr ibn al-Awwam]; by {{ill|Mahmud al-Misri|ar|محمود المصري}}; official Book review by [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pS1qvPSxq34 Basalamah]; quoting various supplementary sources such as Sahih Bukhari, [[Sahih Muslim]], Siyar A'lam Nubala, [[Al-Tirmidhi]], [[Prophetic biography]] of Ibn Hisham, etc.}}</ref> Michael, [[Israfil|Raphael]]<ref name="Israfil" /> {{#tag:ref|found in Mustadrak al Sahihayn.<ref>{{cite book |last1=al-Nishapuri |first1=al-Hakim |title=al Mustadrak ala Sahihayn |publisher=Islamweb |location=Islamweb |url=https://islamweb.net/ar/library/index.php?page=bookcontents&idfrom=4305&idto=4307&bk_no=74&ID=1899 |access-date=13 December 2021 |chapter=Kitabu Ma'rifat Shahabatu Radhiyallahu Anhum: Gabriel, Michael and Israfil descend in the Battle of Badr. |quote=4488 – Narrated Abu Abdullah Muhammad ibn Ya'kub, through Ibrahim bin Abdullah Al Saadi, on the authority of Muhammad bin Khalid bin Athmah, on the authority of Musa bin Yaqub, who reported Abu Huwayrith, that Muhammad bin Jabir bin Mut'im, told him}}</ref> The complete narration from [[Al-Hakim al-Nishapuri]] were:... ''Abu Abdullah Muhammad bin Yaqoub has reported from Ibrahim bin Abdullah Al-Saadi, who told us Muhammad bin Khalid bin Uthma, told us Musa bin Yaqoub, told me Abu Al-Huwairith, that Muhammad bin Jubayr bin Mut’im told him, that he heard Ali – may God be pleased with him – addresses the people, and he said: While I was leaving from the well of Badr, a strong wind came, the like of which I had never seen, then it left, then came a strong wind, the like of which I have never seen except for the one before it, then it went, then came a strong wind that I did not see before. I have never seen anything like it except for the one before it, and the first wind was Gabriel descended among a thousand angels with the Messenger of God – may God bless him and grant him peace – and the second wind was Michael who descended among a thousand angels to the right of the Messenger of God – may God bless him and his family and grant them peace – and Abu Bakr was On his right, and the third wind was Israfil. He descended with a thousand angels on the side of the Messenger of God – may God's prayers and peace be upon him and his family – and I was on the right side. When God Almighty defeated his enemies, the Messenger of God – may God's prayers and peace be upon him and his family – carried me on his horse, I blew up, and I fell On my heels, I prayed to God Almighty''... {{ill|Ibn al Mulqin|id|Ibnu Al-Mulaqqin}}, Hadith scholar from Córdoba of 13–14 AD century, evaluate this hadith tha he found weaknesses in Musa ibn Yaqoub and Abu al Huwairith chain, so he deemed there is weakness about this hadith.<ref name="Al Mulqin Mukhtaras">{{cite web |last1=Abu Hafs Umar bin Ali bin Ahmad bin Muhammad bin Abdullah Al-Anshari Al-Wadi Asyi Al-Andalusi At-Tukuruwi Al-Mishri Asy-Syafi`i |first1=Sirajuddin |title=كتاب مختصر تلخيص الذهبي|trans-title=kitab mukhtasar talkhis aldhahabii |url=https://al-maktaba.org/book/33911/1160 |website=Islamweb |access-date=14 December 2021}}</ref> More recent scholarship from Ali Hasan al-Halabi notes another hadith which supports the participation of Raphael in Badr<ref name="Israfil">{{cite web |last1=Hakim |first1=Saifuddin |title=Apakah Malaikat Israfil Bertugas Meniup Sangkakala pada Hari Kiamat? (1) |url=https://muslim.or.id/24549-apakah-malaikat-israfil-bertugas-meniup-sangkakala-pada-hari-kiamat-1.html |website=Muslim.or.id |access-date=14 December 2021 |language=id|date=2015 |quote=[ يا آدم بر حجك] " ما يروى عن آدم -عليه السلام- أنه لما حج قالت له الملائكة: «يا آدم بر حجك»: غير ثابت. " [من فوائد جلسة مع طلبة العلم /16/ذو الحجة/1432] __________________ " ... فهل يحسن بنا وقد أنضينا قرائحنا في تعلم هذه السنة المطهرة، وبذلنا في العمل بها جهد المستطيع، وركبنا المخاطر في الدعوة إليها؛ هل يحسن بنا بعد هذا كله أن نسكت لهؤلاء عن هذه الدعوى الباطلة، ونوليهم منا ما تولوا ونبلعهم ريقهم، وهل يحسن بنا أن لا يكون لنا في الدفاع عنها ما كان منا في الدعوة إليها؟ إنا إذن لمقصرون!..."}}</ref>|group="Notes"}}{{#tag:ref|According to Islamic belief in weak chain of Hadith, Israfil were acknowledged as angel who were tasked to blower of [[Armageddon]] trumpet.<ref name="Israfil2">{{cite web |last1=Hakim |first1=Saifuddin |title=Apakah Malaikat Israfil Bertugas Meniup Sangkakala pada Hari Kiamat? (2)|trans-title=Does angel Raphael tasked to blow the trumpet of Armageddon in the day of judgment? (2) |url=https://muslim.or.id/24567-apakah-malaikat-israfil-bertugas-meniup-sangkakala-pada-hari-kiamat-2.html |website=Muslim.or.id |access-date=14 December 2021 |language=id|date=2015 |quote=Tafsir Al-Qurthubi, 7/20 (Maktabah Syamilah); At-Tadzkirah bi Ahwaalil Mauta wa Umuuril Akhirah, 1/488 (Maktabah Syamilah).; Fathul Baari 11/368 (Maktabah Syamilah); see Al-Imaan bimaa Ba’dal Maut, p. 112. ; Syarh Al-Ibanah: Al-Imaan bin Nafkhi Ash-Shuur, 5/33.; Syarh Al-‘Aqidah Al-Washithiyyah, 1/59-60 (Maktabah Asy-Syamilah). while in another book: وذلك أن الله سبحانه وتعالى يأمر اسرافيل وهو أحد الملائكة الموكلين بحمل العرش أن ينفخ في الصور (Syarh Al-‘Aqidah As-Safariyaniyyah, 1/467).}}</ref> Suyuti mentioned Israfil as [[Muezzin]] among angels, possessed four wings, while Suyuti also mentioned another narrator Israfil possessed twelve wings instead.<ref name="Suyuti" /> Israfil also mentioned by Suyuti as [[Muezzin]] among angels and a member of a group of biggest archangels who bear the [[Throne of God]] on their back.<ref name="Suyuti" /> Abu Bakar al-Hudhali opined the angel who blowing horn were different from Israfil, while [[Abu Said Al-Khudri]] mentioned the blower of horn were in fact consisted of two angels, while he supported the opinion that Israfil were also one of the blower.<ref name="Suyuti" /> [[Muhammad Nasiruddin al-Albani]] thought the hadith were [[Munkar (Hadith)|Munkar]] and should not be trusted.<ref name="Collector of Hadiths and Traces : Which was brought out">{{cite book |author1=Muhammad Nasiruddin al-Albani |author1-link=Muhammad Nasiruddin al-Albani |title=جامع الأحاديث والآثار التي خرجها وحكم عليها فضيلة الشيخ محمد ناصر الدين الألباني، رحمه الله، في جميع كتبه|trans-title=Collector of Hadiths and Traces : Which was brought out and judged by His Eminence Sheikh Muhammad Nasir al-Din al-Albani, may God have mercy on him, in all his books |date=2001 |type=Hadith – Texts – Authorities – Criticism, Textual – Hermeneutics |publisher=Maktaba al Islam |page=12 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2vDXAAAAMAAJ |access-date=3 March 2022 |language=ar}}</ref>|group="Notes"}} and thousands of [[Angels in Islam|best angels]] from third level of sky, all came to the battle of Badr.<ref name="Suyuti">{{cite book |author1=Al-Suyuti |author1-link=Al-Suyuti |editor1-last=Muhammad as Said Basyuni |translator=Mishabul Munir |editor1-first=Abu Hajir |editor2-last=Yasir |editor2-first=Muhammad |title=Misteri Alam Malaikat |date=2021 |type= Religion / Islam / General |publisher=Pustaka al-Kautsar |pages=29–33, 172 |isbn=9789795929512 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iDxQEAAAQBAJ |access-date=6 February 2022 |language=id |quote=Quoting Ibnul Mubarak from a book of ''az-Zuhd''; ad Durr al-Manshur, chain narration from Ibnul Mubarak to Ibn SHihab (1/92)}}</ref> Various hadith traditions linked to the {{qref|3|124|c=y}}, has stated that those angels has taken form of [[Zubayr ibn al-Awwam]], [[companion of Muhammad]].{{#tag:ref|According to one Hadith, Muhammad were told that the angels that appeared in the battle of Badr were highest in status and the "best of angels" according to Gabriel.<ref name="Lives Of The Sahaba 39 – Az-Zubayr Ibn Al-Awwam – PT 01">{{cite news |last1=Qadhi |first1=Yasir|author-link1=Abu Ammaar Yasir Qadhi |title=Lives Of The Sahaba 39 – Az-Zubayr Ibn Al-Awwam – PT 01 |url=https://muslimcentral.com/yasir-qadhi-lives-sahaba-az-zubayr-ibn-al-awwam/ |newspaper=Muslim Central |publisher=Muslim Central Audio |access-date=4 December 2021 |date=2016}}</ref>|group="Notes"}}<ref name="Tarikh Dimashq 2">{{harvtxt|Bin Al-Hassan|Al-Dimashqi |first2=Ibn Asaker|2012|p=622, Al-Zubayr told us, he said: And Abu Al-Makarram Uqbah bin Makram Al-Dhabi told me, Musab bin Salam Al-Tamimi told me, on the authority of Saad bin Tarif, on the authority of Abu Jaafar Muhammad bin Ali, he said: On the day of Badr, Al-Zubayr bin Al-Awwam had a yellow turban}}</ref>
In Normandy, Saint Michael is the patron of [[sailors|mariners]] in his famous sanctuary at [[Mont-Saint-Michel]] in the [[Diocese of Coutances]]. He is said to have appeared there, in 708, to [[St. Aubert]], [[Bishop of Avranches]]. In Normandy, his feast, ''"S. Michaelis in periculo maris"'', or "in Monte Tumba", was universally celebrated on October 18, the anniversary of the dedication of the first church, October 16, 710; the feast is now confined to the Diocese of Coutances.


In a [[Sunan an-Nasa'i|version]] of a [[hadith]] by [[Al-Nasa'i|an-Nasāʾi]], [[Muhammad]] is quoted as saying that Gabriel and Michael came to him, and when Gabriel had sat down at his right and Michael at his left, Gabriel told him to recite the Qurʾān in one mode, and Michael told him to ask more, till he reached seven modes, each mode being sufficiently health-giving.<ref>{{cite book |last1=At-Tabrizi |first1=Khatib |title=Mishkat al-Masabih 2215 – The Excellent Qualities of the Qur'an – كتاب فضائل القرآن, Hadith 2215 |url=https://sunnah.com/mishkat:2215 |access-date=5 August 2021}}</ref> According to another hadith in [[Sahih Muslim]], Michael, along with Gabriel both dressed in white, were reported to have accompanied Muhammad on the day of the [[Battle of Uhud]].<ref>Sahih Muslim, Book of Virtues (#43), Hadith 63 (reference: Sahih Muslim 2306a)</ref> [[Safiur Rahman Mubarakpuri]] has recorded in his historiography works of Quran and Hadith revelation in [[Prophetic biography]], that [[Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas]] testified has saw Jibril and Mikail during that battle.<ref name="eve of battle of Uhud & Ahzab">{{cite book |author1=Safiur Rahman Mubarakpuri |editor1-last=Nayra |translator=Abu Ahsan |editor1-first=Abu |title=Periode Madinah; Aktivitas Militer Menjelang Perang Uhud dan Perang Ahzab |trans-title= Medina period: military activity on the eve of battle of Uhud & Ahzab |date=2021|type=Religion / General, Religion / Islam / General, Religion / Islam / History, Religion / Reference |publisher=Hikam Pustaka |isbn=9786233114158 |pages=78–79 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BWhgEAAAQBAJ |access-date=12 March 2022 |language=id |format=ebook}}</ref>
In Germany, after its evangelization, Saint Michael replaced for the Christians the pagan god [[Wotan]], to whom many mountains were sacred, hence the numerous mountain chapels of St. Michael all over Germany. He is also known as the patron saint of the German Nation. His picture bedecked the war standard of the old German Empire (the [[Holy Roman Empire]]).


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= |access-date=2021-02-13}}</ref>
The hymns of the Roman Office are said to have been composed by [[Rabanus Maurus|Saint Rabanus Maurus]] of [[Fulda]] (d. 856). The hymn "[[Te Splendor]]" to Saint Michael (which derives its name from the fact that in Latin it begins with Te splendor et virtus Patris) is published in the Raccolta collection of prayers with indulgences, and, in 1817, Pope Pius VII granted an indulgence for saying the hymn.<ref>''[[The Raccolta]] Collection of indulgenced prayers'' by T. Galli, authorized translation by Ambrose Saint John, Published by Burns and Lambert, London, 1857, page 252</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>
In art, St Michael is represented as an angelic warrior, fully armed with helmet, sword, and shield (often the shield bears the Latin inscription: ''"[[Quis ut Deus?]]"''), standing over the dragon, whom he sometimes pierces with a lance. He also holds a pair of scales in which he weighs the souls of the departed (cf. Rock, "The Church of Our Fathers", III, 160), or the [[Book of Life]], to show that he takes part in the judgment. [[Michelangelo]] depicted this scene on the ceiling 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 |date= |accessdate=2010-07-21}}</ref>


In the creation narrative of [[Adam in Islam|Adam]] 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 {{ISBN?}}</ref>
His feast (September 29) in the Middle Ages was celebrated as a holy day of obligation, as he was the patron of knights, but along with several other feasts it was gradually abolished since the eighteenth century. Michaelmas Day, in England and other countries, is one of the regular quarter-days for settling rents and accounts; but it is no longer remarkable for the hospitality with which it was formerly celebrated. Stubble-geese being esteemed in perfection about this time, most families had one dressed on Michaelmas Day. In some parishes, (such as the Isle of Skye,) they had a procession on this day and baked a cake, called St Michael's bannock.


Michael is called Mika'il or Mikha'il in Muslim works generally, but in the one instance in which he is mentioned in the Quran he is called Mīkāl.{{sfn|Hughes|1885|p=348}} The single Quranic mention comes in the QS 2:98, when the Jews of Medina challenged Muhammed to tell them the name of the angel (malaika = creature with a knowledge) from whom he received his revelations; when he told them it was Gabriel, the Jews said that Gabriel was their enemy, and that revelations came from Michael.{{sfn|Noegel|Wheeler|2002|p=218}} The [[hadith]] (sayings of and about the Prophet collected by his followers) quote Muhammed mentioning both Gabriel and Michael as two angels who showed him Paradise and hell, and in the early years of Islam the Muslims recited the names of both in the obligatory daily prayers (the salat).{{sfn|Capmak|2017|p=1042}} The place of Michael, and some of the other archangels, is not clearly identified in the major sources, and among ordinary Muslims knowledge of them is drawn from non-Islamic sources, notably Jewish.{{sfn|Capmak|2017|p=1042}}
Roman Catholic and Orthodox Christians often refer to the angel Michael as ''"Saint Michael"'', an honorific title that does not indicate [[canonisation]]. He is generally referred to in Christian [[litany|litanies]] as ''"Saint Michael the Archangel."'' Orthodoxy accords him the title ''"Archistrategos"'', or ''"Supreme Commander of the Heavenly Hosts."''


===Baháʼí Faith===
Saint Michael was usually honored on mountain tops and high places, and many famous shrines to him survive on those places, often replacing shrines of pre-Christian gods concerned with weather, like Wotan.
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]]. Baháʼí publications interpreting the [[Book of Revelation]] from the [[New Testament]] say Baha'u'llah was a chief prince of Persia<ref>The Logic of The Revelation of St. John|Stephen Beebe|Baháʼí Publishing Trust|2001|pp. 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|pp. 160, 164 {{ISBN?}}</ref> – because "Baha'u'llah" means splendor or glory of God.


===Gnosticism===
In Greek folklore, St Michael also assumed the god [[Hermes]]' role as the [[psychopomp]] who leads souls to [[Hades]], and in the role of weigher of souls on ''[[Judgment Day]]''. A related folk belief is that St Michael's face can only be seen by the dead and by those about to die. It is for this reason that some folk [[icons]] depict him without a face.
In the [[Apocryphon of John|Secret Book of John]], a second-century text found in the [[Nag Hammadi library|Nag Hammadi codices]] of [[Gnosticism]], Michael is placed in control of the demons who help [[Demiurge#Yaldabaoth|Yaldabaoth]] create [[Adam]], along with six others named Uriel, Asmenedas, Saphasatoel, Aarmouriam, Richram, and Amiorps.<ref>{{cite book|author1=[[Marvin Meyer]]|author2=[[Willis Barnstone]]|title=The Gnostic Bible|publisher=[[Shambhala Publications|Shambhala]]|chapter=The Secret Book of John|url=http://gnosis.org/naghamm/apocjn-meyer.html|date=June 30, 2009|access-date=2022-02-06}}</ref> According to [[Origen|Origen of Alexandria]] in his work [[Contra Celsum|Against Celsus]], Michael was represented as a lion on the [[Ophite Diagrams|Ophite Diagram]].<ref>{{Cite wikisource|author=[[Origen]]|translator=Frederick Crombie|title=Ante-Nicene Fathers|wslink=Ante-Nicene Fathers/Volume IV/Origen/Origen Against Celsus/Book VI/Chapter XXX|year=248|volume=IV|entry=Origen Against Celsus, chapter XXX}}</ref>


==Feasts==
====Catholic views====
[[File:S. Miguel Arcanjo.jpg|thumb|right|Archangel Michael at a Portuguese feast in [[Cabeceiras de Basto]]]]
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In the [[Roman Catholic Church]], Saint Michael has four main roles or offices.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10275b.htm |title=Catholic encyclopedia |publisher=Newadvent.org |date=1911-10-01 |accessdate=2010-07-21}}</ref> He is the Christian angel of death, carrying the souls of all the deceased to heaven, where they are weighed in his perfectly balanced scales (hence Michael is often depicted holding scales). At the hour of death, Michael descends and gives each soul the chance to redeem itself before passing, thus consternating the devil and his minions. St Michael is the special patron of the Chosen People in the Old Testament and is guardian of the Church; it was thus not unusual for the angel to be revered by the military orders of knights during the Middle Ages. Last, he is the supreme enemy of Satan and the [[fallen angel]]s.


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>
[[File:Statue of Archangel Michael over the main Gate of the church Sankt Michaelis in Hamburg Germany.jpg|thumb|200px|''St Michael's Victory over the Devil'', sculpture above the main entrance to [[St. Michaelis (Hamburg)|St. Michaelis]] church in Hamburg, Germany.]]
In the [[Roman Catholic calendar of saints]] and the [[Calendar of Saints (Lutheran)|Lutheran Calendar of Saints]], his feast day, once widely known as [[Michaelmas]], is celebrated September 29 and was one of the four [[quarter days]] on which accounts were settled and, in England, when terms began in universities. In the [[Eastern Orthodox Church]], his principal feast day is November 8 (November 21 by most Orthodox churches since they use the Julian calendar), where he is honored along with the rest of the ''"Bodiless Powers of [[Heaven]]"'' as their Supreme Commander, and his miraculous appearance at Colossae (see below) is commemorated on September 6.


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 (Synaxis of the Archangel Michael and the Other Bodiless Powers), 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>
The last visit, that of his appearance over the mausoleum of [[Hadrian]], certified one major aspect involving Michael, namely his role as an angel of healing. This title was bestowed at [[Phrygia]], in [[Asia Minor]], which also propagated the cult of angels and became a leading center for their veneration. St Michael is reputed to have caused a healing spring to flow in the first century at [[Colossae]], and his churches were frequently visited by the sick and lame. The angel is invoked additionally as the patron of sailors in [[Normandy]] (the famous monastery of [[Mont Saint Michel]] on the north coast of France is named after him). He is especially remembered in France as the angel who, along with [[Catherine of Alexandria|Saint Catherine]] and [[Margaret of Antioch|Saint Margaret]], gave [[Joan of Arc|Saint Joan of Arc]] the courage to save her country from the English during the [[Hundred Years' War]] (1337–1455). Perhaps his most singular honor was given to him in 1950 when [[Pope Pius XII]] (r. 1939-1958) named him patron of [[policemen]]. St Michael is also said to have announced to the [[Virgin Mary]] her impending death, declaring himself to be "Great and Wonderful."{{citation needed|date=January 2010}}


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 [[Sanctuary of Monte Sant'Angelo|Mount Gargano in Italy]].<ref>Cross & Livingstone (eds.) ''ODCC''; p. 613</ref>
According to legend, Michael instructed [[St. Aubert]], bishop of [[Avranches]] to build a church on the rocky islet now known as [[Mont Saint Michel]] in 708. Also dedicated to Michael was the French [[Order of St Michel]] founded in 1469.<ref>Angels in the early modern world By Alexandra Walsham, Cambridge University Press, 2006 ISBN 0521843324 page 2008</ref> Today, however, he is more usually associated with police officers, paramedics, EMTs and other emergency workers.<ref>Michael McGrath, ''Patrons and Protectors'' Published by Liturgy Training, 2001 ISBN 1568541090</ref> He is also claimed as the patron saint of the American airborne units. He is the patron of [[Ukraine]] and its capital [[Kiev]] and of the [[archdiocese]] of [[Seattle]].


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.
In Australia, National Police Remembrance day is commemorated on September 29 each year, being the feast day of St Michael.


[[Feast of Saint Michael and All Angels]] is [[Calendar of saints|commemorated]] on 29 September in [[ROCOR]] [[Western Rite Orthodoxy|Western Rite]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=ROCOR Western Rite (Home) |url=https://www.rocor-wr.org/ |access-date=2022-07-09 |website=rocorwr }}</ref>
Under the influence of the widely read angelology of the [[Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite]], among Church fathers much time was spent allotting Michael a rank in the celestial hierarchy: [[Alfonso Salmeron]], [[Cardinal Bellarmine]], [[Basil the Great|Saint Basil the Great]]'s homily (''De Angelis'') and other Greek fathers place Saint Michael over all the angels; they say he is called ''"Archangel"'' because he is the prince of the other angels. Others (cf. P. Bonaventura, ''op. cit.'') believe that he is the prince of the [[Seraphim]], the first of the nine angelic orders. According to [[Thomas Aquinas|Saint Thomas Aquinas]] (''Summa'' Ia. 113.3), he is the Prince of the last and lowest choir, the angels.


[[Vision (spirituality)|Apparition]] of Saint Michael in 492 on [[Sanctuary of Monte Sant'Angelo|Mount Gargano]] is [[Calendar of saints|commemorated]] on 8 May<ref>{{Cite web |title=МИХАИЛ, АРХАНГЕЛ – Древо |url=http://drevo-info.ru/articles/7863.html |access-date=2022-07-09 |website=drevo-info.ru |language=ru}}</ref> and [[Michaelmas|Dedication of Saint Michael the Archangel]] is [[Calendar of saints|commemorated]] on 29 September ([[Antiochian Western Rite Vicariate]]).<ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-01-11 |title=Calendar |url=http://www.stgregoryoc.org/calendar/ |access-date=2022-07-09 |website=St. Gregory the Great Orthodox Church }}</ref>
The hymn of the [[Mozarabic rite|Mozarabic Breviary]] places St Michael even above the Twenty-four Elders.


[[Dedication of churches|Dedication]] of Saint Michael [[sanctuary]] [[Mont Saint-Michel Abbey|Mont Saint-Michel]] by [[Aubert of Avranches|Saint Aubert of Avranches]] is commemorated on 16 October.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Farmer |first=David |title=The Oxford Dictionary of Saints |publisher=OUP Oxford |year=2011 |isbn=978-0-19-959660-7 |edition=5th Rev. |location=Great Britain |pages=309 }}</ref>
A favorite angelic subject in art, matched only by [[Gabriel|Saint Gabriel]], Saint Michael is often depicted as winged and with unsheathed sword. As with all angels' [[iconography]], his wings represent swiftness, his sword means authority or power, and his white [[raiment]] stands for his [[Enlightenment (spiritual)|enlightenment]].<ref>''Lesser Feasts and Fasts'', p. 380 (Episcopal Church).</ref> In the [[Renaissance]] period, he is shown as young, strong, and handsome, and is most often depicted as a proud, handsome angel in white or magnificent armor or a splendid coat of mail and equipped with sword, shield and spear. His wings are generally conspicuous and very grand. He is usually shown holding in his hand a banner or the scales of justice. Quite often he is seen, like Saint George and in some representations of the [[Virgin Mary|Madonna]], in conflict with a dragon or standing upon a vanquished devil, who most of the time is [[Satan]].


On 7 April, the Oriental Orthodox Church commemorates the deliverance of [[Jeremiah|prophet Jeremiah]] from prison by Michael.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.tewahedo.dk/litt/cached/The_Ethiopian_Synaxarium.pdf|title=Ethiopian synaxarium|access-date=2022-08-12|archive-date=2022-08-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220825213718/https://www.tewahedo.dk/litt/cached/The_Ethiopian_Synaxarium.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
In Homage to him, King [[James IV of Scotland]] named the colossal [[Carrack]], [[Great Michael]], after him. This was a particular honour considering that the vessel was the largest wind-powered warship of the 16th century.


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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|2003|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.
The [[Sacred Tradition]] of the [[Orthodox Church]] celebrates the [[Miracle of the Archangel Michael at Chonae]] in [[Phrygia]]. According to the account, [[paganism|pagans]] diverted the stream of the river [[Lycus (river of Phrygia)|Lycus]] against the sanctuary of St. Michael there to destroy it, but Michael the Archangel appeared and split the rock by lightning (or, according to some accounts, with a [[spear]]) to open up a new bed for the stream, directing the flow away from the church and sanctifying forever the waters which came from the new gorge. The Orthodox celebrate a [[feast day]] in commemoration of this event on [[September 6 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)|6 September]]. The [[Chudov Monastery|Monastery of the Miracle]] (Chudov Monastery) in the [[Moscow Kremlin]], where the Russian [[Tsar]]s were [[baptism|baptized]], was dedicated to the Feast of the Miracle at Chonae.
[[File:Michael4.jpg|thumb|Statue of St Michael at the former seat of the [[House of Wittelsbach|Bavarian]] [[Order of Saint Michael (Bavaria)|Military Order of Saint Michael]] in the [[Electoral Palace, Bonn]], Germany]]
In mid- to late fifteenth 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 fifteenth 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]] (''see also'': [[Order of Saint Michael (disambiguation)|Order of Saint Michael]]).<ref>''Angels in the early modern world'' By Alexandra Walsham, Cambridge University Press, 2006 {{ISBN|0-521-84332-4}} p. 2008</ref>


Prior to 1878, the [[Scapular of Saint Michael the Archangel|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.
The [[Roman Breviary]] for May 8 relates the story of the apparition of Saint Michael (494 or 530-40) at his sanctuary on [[Monte Gargano]], where his original glory as patron in war was restored to him. This is further alluded to in a paragraph listed for the feast day of St Michael on this date found in the "Saint Andrew Daily Missal."<ref>As found on page 1328 the section reads: During the pontificate of [[Pope Gelasius I]], in 492, St Michael appeared on the summit of [[Monte Gargano]] in [[Apulia]], near the [[Adriatic]] coast of [[Italy]] on the same latitude as [[Rome]]. He asked that a church dedicated to him should be built, in which [[God]] should be worshipped in memory of himself and all the angels. This shrine was made famous by many miracles. Today's feast celebrates its dedication rather than the apparition itself; just as the feast of September 29 commemorates the dedication of the same Archangel's church at Rome. "The Saint Andrew Daily Missal, with Vespers for Sundays and Feasts," by Dom Gaspar LeFebvre, O.S.B., St Paul, MN, E. M. Lohmann Co., 1952, pp 1,959</ref> To his intercession, the [[Lombards]] of [[Siponto|Sipontum]] (modern-day [[Manfredonia]]) attributed their victory over the Greek [[Naples|Neapolitans]] May 8, 663. To commemorate this victory, the Church of Sipontum instituted a special feast on May 8 in honour of the archangel, which spread throughout the Latin Church under the name "Apparition of St Michael", although it originally commemorated the victory, not the apparition. The [[Tridentine Calendar]] gave this feast the rank of "Double", which was raised in 1602 to the newly invented rank of "Greater Double". In 1960, [[Pope John XXIII]] removed it from the General Roman Calendar, along with other cases of second feasts of a single saint.<ref>[[General Roman Calendar of 1962]]</ref>


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 eighth-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" />
There is a legend in [[Cornwall]] that in the 5th century, the Archangel appeared to fishermen on [[St. Michael's Mount]], which according to author Richard Freeman Johnson is perhaps a nationalistic twist to a myth.<ref>''Saint Michael the Archangel in medieval English legend'' by Richard Freeman Johnson 2005 ISBN 1843831287 page 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 0559129998 page 238</ref> and that [[King Arthur]] battled giant there.<ref>''Myths and Legends of Britain and Ireland'' by Richard Jones 2006 ISBN 1845375947 page 17</ref>


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 twentieth 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>[[File:Greater coat of arms of the City of Brussels.svg|upright|thumb|[[Coat of arms of Brussels]]]][[File:COA of Kyiv Kurovskyi.svg|upright|thumb|[[Coat of arms of Kyiv]]]]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>
Also a [[Portugal|Portuguese]] [[Carmelites|Carmelite]] nun, [[Antónia d'Astónaco]], had 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]].<ref>Ann Ball, 2003 Encyclopedia of Catholic Devotions and Practices ISBN 087973910X page 123</ref><ref>[[EWTN]] [http://www.ewtn.com/devotionals/prayers/chaplet-of-st-michael.htm The Chaplet of Saint Michael the Archangel]</ref>
In [[Linlithgow]], Scotland, St. Michael has been the patron saint of the town since the thirteenth century, with [[St. Michael's Parish Church]] being originally constructed in 1134.
Since the fourteenth 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|archive-date=18 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161018223118/http://www.loreburne.co.uk/history_of_dumfries.html|url-status=dead}}</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|access-date=2021-02-13|archive-date=2019-12-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191229062948/http://www.orderofstmichaelanglican.com/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
During the years [[1961]] to [[1965]], four young schoolgirls had reported several apparitions of [[Saint Michael (Roman Catholic)|Saint Michael the Archangel]] in the small village of [[San Sebastian de Garabandal]], in [[Cantabria]], north [[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 never condemned [[Garabandal apparitions]], and the Vatican has never made an official pronouncement.<ref>[http://www.garabandal.com/news/news.htm Garabandal Clarification], a collection of letters, interviews and statements explaining the position of the Church.</ref>


The city of [[Arkhangelsk]], Russia, and the federal subject [[Arkhangelsk Oblast]] are named after Michael the Archangel.
===Major shrines===
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:''For a larger gallery (and hence a structured list) of church images, please see'': [[:Commons:Structured gallery of churches dedicated to Archangel Michael|Saint Michael church gallery]].
[[File:Chrám svatého Michala v Kyjevě.jpg|thumb|250px|[[St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery]] in [[Kiev]] ([[Ukraine]]).]]
* [[St. Michael's Cathedral (Toronto)]], [[Ontario]], [[Canada]]
* [[St. Michael and St. Gudula Cathedral]], in [[Brussels]], [[Belgium]]
* [[Mont Saint Michel]], [[Normandy]], [[France]] - a [[World Heritage Site]]
* [[Skellig Michael]], off the [[Ireland|Irish]] west coast - a World Heritage Site
* [[Archangel Cathedral]] in the [[Moscow Kremlin]] - a World Heritage Site
* [[Chudov Monastery]] in the Moscow Kremlin, where the future Russian tsars were baptized
* [[St. Michael Chapel]] in [[Košice]], [[Slovakia]]
* [[Monte Sant'Angelo sul Gargano]], [[Gargano]], [[Italy]]
* [[St Michael's Mount]], [[Cornwall]], [[United Kingdom|UK]]
* [[Coventry Cathedral|St Michael's Cathedral]], [[Coventry]], UK
* [[Michaelhouse|Michaelhouse Chapel]], [[Balgowan, South Africa|Balgowan, KZN]], [[South Africa]]
* [[St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery]], [[Kiev]], [[Ukraine]]
* [[Michaelerkirche (Vienna)|St Michael's Church]] in [[Vienna]], [[Austria]]
* [[St. Michael and All Angels' Anglican Church, Weltevreden Park]], Johannesburg, South Africa
* [[Basilica of St Michael the Archangel]], Tayabas, Quezon, Philippines
* [[Archangel Michael’s Church]], [[Znojmo]], [[Czech Republic]]
* [[St. Michael's Cathedral (Belgrade)|St. Michael's Cathedral]] in [[Belgrade]], [[Serbia]]


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] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211121161625/https://www.jber.jb.mil/News/Commentaries/Display/Article/772200/chaplains-corner-saint-michael-patron-saint-of-the-airborne-military/ |date=2021-11-21 }}. 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 World War I.
===Jehovah's Witness belief===
{{See also|Jehovah's witnesses#Jehovah and Jesus Christ|l1=Jehovah's Witnesses beliefs about Jesus}}


The beret insignia of the French paratroopers is a winged arm grasping a dagger, representing Saint Michael.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://foreignlegion.info/history/2rep/|title=History: 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment &#124; French Foreign Legion Information}}</ref>
[[Jehovah's Witnesses]] believe that [[Jesus]] and the Archangel Michael are the same, saying "the evidence indicates that the Son of God was known as Michael before he came to earth and is known also by that name since his return to heaven where he resides as the glorified spirit Son of God." <ref name="autogenerated218">Reasoning from the Scriptures, 1985, Watchtower Bible and Tract Society, p. 218</ref> He later took human form as Jesus and led a life without sin.
Saint Michael is the patronus of Italian special forces 9° Reggimento "Col Moschin" and the Italian state police. Saint Michael ({{langx|hr|Sveti Mihovil}}) is patron of [[Croatian Police]] and [[Croatian Army]], his feast day being also celebrated as the Police day in Croatia.<ref>[https://mup.gov.hr/vijesti/svecano-obiljezen-dan-policije-i-blagdan-svetog-mihovila/288935 Svečano obilježen Dan policije i blagdan svetog Mihovila] ''mup.gov.hr''. [[Ministry of the Interior (Croatia)|Ministry of Interior]]. Published 29 September 2022.</ref>
Additionally, the spirit person who bears the name Michael is referred to as "one of the chief princes," "the great prince who has charge of your (Daniel's) people," and as "the archangel." (Daniel 10:13; 12:1: Jude 9)


==Legends==
===Seventh-day Adventist belief===
{{See also|Seventh-day Adventist theology#Christ and the Archangel Michael|l1=Seventh-day Adventist beliefs about Michael}}


===Judaism===
[[Seventh-day Adventist Church|Seventh-day Adventists]] believe that Michael was another name for the ''Word-of-God'' (John 1) before He became incarnate as ''Jesus''. ''Archangel'' (meaning "Chief of the Angels") was the leadership position held by the Word-of-God as Michael while among the angels. Michael was the Word-of-God, not a created being, by whom all things were created. The Word-of-God was then born incarnate as Jesus.
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]].<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. The entire band of angels, except for Michael, was then consumed by fire.<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>
==Islam==
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===Christianity===
'''Michael''' ([[Arabic]]: '''ميخائيل''', ''Mikhail'' '''ميكائيل''', ''Mikael'' ), is one of the [[Archangels]] in [[Islam]], and one of the two archangels mentioned in the [[Qur'an]], alongside [[Jibreel]] (Gabriel).<ref>{{quote|Whoever is an enemy to God, and His angels and His messengers, and Jibreel and Mikhail! Then, lo! God (Himself) is an enemy to the disbelievers.|Qur'an, sura 2 ([[Al-Baqara]]), ayat 98{{Cite quran|2|98|s=ns}}}}</ref> According to [[Muslim]] belief, Mikhail is often depicted as an angel of mercy, and the one through whom [[God]] supplies rain and thunder for mankind. Furthermore, Muslims also believe that [[God]] has also put Mikhail in charge of rewarding the righteous in their life on Earth. Mikhail is also credited with being present with the [[Muslims]] in their first victory in [[Arabia]], at the [[Battle of Badr]].
[[File:Michael Miracle Icon Sinai 12th century.jpg|thumb|upright|A 12th-century [[icon]] of the ''[[Miracle of the Archangel Michael at Chonae|Miracle at Chonae]]'', from [[Saint Catherine's Monastery]], [[Mount Sinai]]]]The [[Eastern 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 fifth- to seventh-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>


{{visible anchor|There is a late-fifth-century legend}} in [[Cornwall]], England, 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>
Muslim commentators state with reference to [[Sura 11]]:69 that Michael was one of the three angels who visited Abraham.


[[File:St. Michael the Archangel of Bacoor.jpg|thumb|left| An 18th-century statue of a triumphant Saint Michael enshrined as the patron saint of [[Bacoor, Cavite]], [[Philippines]]. The town ''fiesta'' was originally celebrated on the Feast of the Apparition at Mount Gargano on May 8.]]
==Bahá'í==
In ''Thief in the Night'', the [[Bahá'í]] writer, [[William Sears]], interpreted references to Michael as referring to [[Bahá'u'lláh]].<ref>{{cite book |last = Sears |first = W. |authorlink = William Sears (Bahá'í) |origyear = 1961 |year = 2002 |title = Thief in the Night |publisher = George Ronald |location = Oxford, UK |id = ISBN 085398008x }}</ref> He quotes Daniel (10:13): "But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me one and twenty days: but, lo, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me...'.Daniel was told that this vision concerned "...what shall befall thy people (Israel) in the latter days."Sears interprets this as a prophecy about Bahá'u'lláh, who was a Persian nobleman of Sassanian royal lineage. He also quotes from the Book of Enoch (69:14): "He (God) spoke to holy Michael to discover to them the sacred name, that they might understand that secret name".


The legend of the apparition of the Archangel at around AD 490 at a secluded hilltop cave on [[Monte Gargano]] in Italy gained a following among the [[Lombards]] in the immediate period thereafter, and by the eighth 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.
==Occult==
According to esoteric writer [[Rudolf Steiner]]: "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 | origyear = 1917 | year = 1994 | title = The Archangel Michael |publisher = Anthroposophic Press | location = Hudson, NY | isbn = 0-88010-378-7 }}</ref>


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 />
==Literature==
In the [[English language|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>


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>
==See also==
{{Portal|Saints}}
{{Commons category|Archangel Michael}}
*[[Angel]]
*[[Adam & Eve|Adam]]
*[[Saint Michael (Roman Catholic)]]
*[[Chaplet of Saint Michael]]
*[[Congregation of Saint Michael the Archangel]]
*[[Legion of the Archangel Michael]]
*[[Novena to Saint Michael]]
*[[Prayer to Saint Michael]]
*[[San Michele]]
*[[St. George]]
*[[St. Michael Fighting the Dragon-Albrecht Durer|St. Michael Fighting the Dragon by Albrecht Durer]]


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|2003|p=123}}<ref>[[EWTN]] [http://www.ewtn.com/devotionals/prayers/chaplet-of-st-michael.htm The Chaplet of Saint Michael the Archangel] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101029165706/http://www.ewtn.com/Devotionals/prayers/chaplet-of-st-michael.htm |date=2010-10-29 }}</ref>
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From 1961 to 1965, four young schoolgirls had reported several apparitions of the Archangel Michael in the small village of [[San Sebastián 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>
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In the 1667 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] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100219155635/http://www.dartmouth.edu/~milton/reading_room/pl/book_6/index.shtml |date=2010-02-19 }}</ref>
* Guiley, Rosemary, 1996. ''Encyclopedia of Angels.'' ISBN 0-8160-2988-1

* Kreeft, Peter J. 1995. ''Angels and Demons: What Do We Really Know About Them?'' Ignatius Press. ISBN 0-89870-550-9
In [[Henry Wadsworth Longfellow]]'s translation of the mid-thirteenth century ''[[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>
* Lewis, James R. (1995). ''Angels A to Z.'' Visible Ink Press. ISBN 0-7876-0652-9

* Melville, Francis, 2001. ''The Book of Angels: Turn to Your Angels for Guidance, Comfort, and Inspiration.'' Barron's Educational Series; 1st edition. ISBN 0-7641-5403-6
===Music===
* Ronner, John, 1993. ''Know Your Angels: The Angel Almanac With Biographies of 100 Prominent Angels in Legend & Folklore-And Much More!'' Mamre Press. ISBN 0-932945-40-6.
[[Marc-Antoine Charpentier]], ''Praelium Michaelis Archangeli factum in coelo cum dracone'', H.410, oratorio for soloists, double chorus, strings and continuo (1683).<ref>[https://exhibits.stanford.edu/operadata/catalog/183-63017 ''Praelium Michaelis archangeli factum in coelo cum dracone'']</ref>

===Artistic depictions===
{{Main|Archangel Michael in Christian art}}
[[File:Meister der Ikone des Erzengels Michael 001 adjusted.jpg|thumb|Tenth-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 eighth 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.{{sfn|Ball|2003|p=520}} 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 fourth century, when [[Emperor Constantine]] defeated [[Licinius]] at the [[Battle of Adrianople (324)|Battle of Adrianople]] in AD 324, 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 the Archangel Michael as a [[warrior saint]].<ref name=Richard />

In less common depiction, Michael holds a pair of scales, weighs the souls of the departed and holds the [[book of life]] (as in the [[Book of Revelation]]) to show he partakes in the judgment.<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==
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<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:Cathedral St Michaels Victory.jpg|''St Michael's Victory over the Devil'', a sculpture by Sir [[Jacob Epstein]] at the entrance to [[Coventry Cathedral]]
File:Rublev Arhangel Mikhail.jpg|[[Andrei Rublev]]'s standalone depiction c. 1408
File:Szalowa2(js).jpg|Wood sculpture of Archangel Michael, [[Szalowa]], Poland, 18 century
File:Francesco Botticini - I tre Arcangeli e Tobias.jpg|Michael (left) with archangels [[Raphael (archangel)|Raphael]] and [[Gabriel]], by [[Francesco Botticini|Botticini]], 1470
File:Normandie Manche Mont3 tango7174.jpg|Saint Aubert's dream
File:MemlingJudgmentCenter-crop.jpg|''Weighing souls'' on [[Last Judgment|Judgement Day]] by [[Hans Memling]], 15th century
File:England-Saint-Michaels-Mount-1900-1.jpg|[[St Michael's Mount]], [[Cornwall]]
File:Luca Giordano - The Fall of the Rebel Angels - Google Art Project.jpg|''[[The Fall of the Rebel Angels (Giordano)|The Fall of the Rebel Angels]]'', by [[Luca Giordano]] c. 1660–1665
File:Turamichele-2007-4.jpg|[[Turamichele]] (Tower-Michael) in [[Augsburg]], Germany
Image:Angel Van Verschaffelt SantAngelo.jpg|Bronze statue of the Archangel Michael, standing on top of the [[Castel Sant'Angelo]], modelled in 1753 by [[Peter Anton von Verschaffelt]].
Image:Mikharkhangel3.jpg|''The Miracle of St. Michael at Chonae'', 15th-century [[Russian icon]]
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:Coat of Arms of Arkhangelsk (Arkhangelsk oblast) (1998).png|Archangel Michael defeating [[Satan]] on the Coat of Arms of [[Arkhangelsk]], Russia - a city named for this angel
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'"
File:St. Michael the Archangel.jpg|''St. Michael the Archangel and the Dragon''. Queen of Archangels Roman Catholic Parish, Clarence, Pennsylvania
File:St Michael's victory over the Devil by Sir Jacob Epstein, Coventry Cathedral.jpg|''[[St Michael's Victory over the Devil]]'', a 1958 sculpture by [[Jacob Epstein]] on the wall of the new [[Coventry Cathedral]], England
</gallery>
</gallery>


==Namesake churches==
==References==
{{commons|Structured gallery of churches dedicated to Archangel Michael}}
{{Reflist|2}}
[[File:Mont Saint-Michel France.jpg|thumb|The [[Mont Saint-Michel]] in [[Normandy]], France]]
[[File:20060416-Michaelskirche Muenchen.jpg|upright|thumb|[[St. Michael's Church, Munich|St. Michael's]] [[Society of Jesus|Jesuit]] church, [[Munich]], [[Bavaria]], Germany]]
[[File:Biserica romano-catolica sf. Mihai.jpg|upright|thumb|[[St. Michael's Church, Cluj-Napoca|St. Michael's]] [[Roman Catholic]] church, [[Cluj-Napoca]], [[Transylvania]], Romania]]
* [[St. Michael's Church (disambiguation)]]
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* 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
* [[Church of St. Michael, Štip|Church of St. Michael]] in [[Štip]], Macedonia
* 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
* [[St. Michael's Catholic Church, Sharjah]], United Arab Emirates
* [[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, Minnesota]]
* [[St. Michael's Basilica, Miramichi]], Canada
* [[Skellig Michael]], off the Irish west coast – a World Heritage Site
* [[Coventry Cathedral|St Michael's Cathedral]], [[Coventry]], UK
* [[St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery]], [[Kyiv]], Ukraine
* [[St. Michael's Church, Vienna]] in [[Vienna]], Austria
* [[Tayabas Basilica]], [[Tayabas, Quezon]], Philippines
* [[St. Michael's Church, Berlin]], Germany
* [[San Miguel Church (Manila)]], Philippines
* [[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|Gamu, Isabela]], Philippines
* [[Mission San Miguel Arcángel]], San Miguel, California, United States, one of the California Missions
* [[St Michael at the North Gate]], [[Oxford]], UK
* [[St. Michael's Church, Cluj-Napoca|St. Michael's]] [[Roman Catholic]] church, [[Cluj-Napoca]], Romania
* [[St. Michael's Church, Mumbai]], India
* [[St Michael and All Angels Church, Polwatte]]
* [[St Michael's Church, Churchill]], UK
* [[San Miguel Arcangel Church (Marilao)|San Miguel Arcangel Church]], Marilao, Bulacan, Philippines
* [[San Miguel Arcangel Church (San Miguel, Bulacan)|San Miguel Arcangel Church]], San Miguel, Bulacan, Philippines
* [[St Michael the Archangel, Llanyblodwel]], England
* Seven medieval churches in [[Iceland]] were dedicated to the saint, including one in [[Búðardalur|Búðardalur in Skarðsströnd]], [[Steinar in Eyjafjöll]] and [[Borg á Mýrum|Borg in Mýrar]].<ref>Cormack, Margaret. “The Veneration of St Michael in Medieval Iceland.” Chapter. In Saints and Their Legacies in Medieval Iceland, edited by Kirsten Wolf and Dario Bullitta, 249–76. Studies in Old Norse Literature. Boydell & Brewer, 2021, at 254-258.</ref>
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==See also==
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* [[Biblical cosmology]]
* [[List of angels in theology]]

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== Notes ==
{{Reflist|group="Notes"}}

== References ==

=== Citations ===
{{reflist}}

===Sources===
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* {{Cite book
|last1 = Asale
|first1 = Bruk Ayele
|title = 1 Enoch as Christian Scripture
|publisher = Pickwick
|year = 2020
|isbn = 9781532691157
|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=fQLtDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA55
}}
* {{cite book|last=Ball|first= Ann|date=2003|title= Encyclopedia of Catholic Devotions and Practices|publisher= Our Sunday Visitor|isbn=0-87973-910-X}}
* {{Cite book
|last1 = Barker
|first1 = Margaret
|chapter = The Angel Raphael in the Book of Tobit
|editor1-last = Bredin
|editor1-first = Mark
|title = Studies in the Book of Tobit
|publisher = A&C Black
|year = 2006
|isbn = 9780567082299
|chapter-url = https://books.google.com/books?id=nwjUAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA123
}}
* {{Cite book
|last1 = Barnes
|first1 = William H.
|chapter = Archangels
|editor1-last = Coogan
|editor1-first = Michael David
|editor2-last = Metzger
|editor2-first = Bruce M.
|title = The Oxford Companion to the Bible
|publisher = Oxford University Press
|year = 1993
|isbn = 9780199743919
|chapter-url = https://books.google.com/books?id=Y2KGVuym5OUC&pg=PA54
}}
* {{cite book |last1=Bin Al-Hassan |first1=Abi Al-Qasim Ali |last2=Al-Dimashqi |first2=Ibn Asaker|author-link2=Ibn Asakir |lang=ar |script-title=ar:تاريخ مدينة دمشق 1-37 ج10 |trans-title=History of the city of Damascus |date=2012 |publisher=Dar Al Kotob Al Ilmiyah دار الكتب العلمية }}
* {{Cite book
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|chapter = Satan
|title = Theological Dictionary of the New Testament
|volume = 7
|publisher = Alban Books
|year = 1971
|isbn = 9780802822499
|chapter-url = https://books.google.com/books?id=CGyOpNrzHj0C
}}
* {{cite book|last=Butler|first= Alban|title=The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and other Principal Saints|series= in twelve volumes| publisher= B. Dornin|date= 1821}}
* {{Cite book
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|first1 = Cenap
|chapter = Michael
|editor1-last = Capmak
|editor1-first = Cenap
|title = Islam: A Worldwide Encyclopedia
|publisher = ABC-CLIO
|year = 2017
|isbn = 9781610692175
|chapter-url = https://books.google.com/books?id=JSHFDgAAQBAJ&pg=PA1042
}}
* {{Cite book
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|first = John J.
|title = Daniel: With an Introduction to Apocalyptic Literature
|year = 1984
|publisher = Eerdmans
|isbn = 9780802800206
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* {{Cite book
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|first1 = John J..
|chapter = Gabriel
|editor1-last = Van der Toorn
|editor1-first = Karel
|editor2-last = Becking
|editor2-first = Bob
|editor3-last = Van der Horst
|editor3-first = Pieter Willem
|title = Dictionary of Deities and Demons in the Bible
|publisher = Eerdmans
|year = 1999
|isbn = 9780802824912
|chapter-url = https://books.google.com/books?id=yCkRz5pfxz0C&pg=PA339
}}
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|first1 = Erwin
|chapter = Incarnation
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|editor1-first = Geoffrey William
|title = The Encyclopedia of Christianity
|publisher = Eerdmans
|year = 1999
|isbn = 9789004116955
|chapter-url = https://books.google.com/books?id=yaecVMhMWaEC&pg=PA99
}}
* {{Cite book
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|first = Gene
|title = Jude and 2 Peter
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|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=_quXRpxOxEEC
}}
* {{Cite book
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|first1 = Darrell D.
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|year = 2011
|isbn = 9781610971539
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}}
* {{cite book
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|first = Andrew E.
|chapter = Daniel-Malachi
|editor1-last = Longman
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|editor2-last = Garland
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|title = The Expositor's Bible Commentary
|volume = 8
|year = 2008
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|isbn = 9780310268932
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}}
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|last2 = Wheeler
|first2 = Brannon M.
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}}
* {{cite book|last=Starr|first= Mirabai|title=Saint Michael: The Archangel|publisher= Sounds True|date= 2007|isbn=978-1-59179-627-5}}
{{refend}}

==Further reading==
{{refbegin}}
* {{Cite book
|last1 = Esler
|first1 = Philip Francis
|title = God's Court and Courtiers in the Book of the Watchers
|publisher = Wipf and Stock Publishers
|year = 2017
|isbn = 9781625649089
|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=jIU_DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA3
}}
* {{Cite book
|last1 = Grabbe
|first1 = Lester
|chapter = Tobit
|editor1-last = Dunn
|editor1-first = James D. G.
|title = Eerdmans Commentary on the Bible
|publisher = Eerdmans
|year = 2003
|isbn = 9780802837110
|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=2Vo-11umIZQC
}}
{{refend}}


==External links==
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* {{Commons category inline|Archangel Michael}}
*[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10275b.htm ''Catholic Encyclopedia'': St. Michael]
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*[http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=560&letter=M ''Jewish Encyclopedia'': Michael]


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Michael
Archangel, Prince (Commander) of the Heavenly Host
Venerated inJudaism
All Christian denominations which venerate saints
Islam
Baháʼí Faith
Major shrineMont Saint-Michel, The Sanctuary of Saint Michael the Archangel
Feast
Attributesbanner, scales, weighing souls, sword, slaying Satan or a dragon
PatronageGuardian of the Catholic Church,[1] Vatican City, Rome, Lazio, Italy,[2][3] France, Germany, Israel[4] Normandy, France, Kyiv, Ukraine, dying people, poor souls,[5] bankers, grocers, Police, especially Police Officers, Military, especially military personnel and others, etcetera.

Michael,[Notes 1] also called Saint Michael the Archangel, Archangel Michael and Saint Michael the Taxiarch[6][dead link] is an archangel in Christianity, Judaism, Islam, and the Baháʼí Faith. The earliest surviving mentions of his name are in third- and second-century BC Jewish works, often but not always apocalyptic, where he is the chief of the angels and archangels, and he is the guardian prince of Israel and is responsible for the care of the people of Israel.[7][8][9][10] Christianity conserved nearly all the Jewish traditions concerning him,[11] and he is mentioned explicitly in Revelation 12:7–12,[12] where he does battle with Satan,[13] and in the Epistle of Jude, where the author denounces certain "ungodly persons" by contrasting them with Michael.[14]

Judaism

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The Book of Enoch[9] lists him as one of seven archangels (the remaining names are Uriel, Raguel, Raphael, Sariel, Gabriel, and Remiel), who, in the Book of Tobit, "stand ready and enter before the glory of the Lord".[10] The fact that Michael is introduced implies the knowledge of him and the other named angels. [9][15] He is mentioned again in last chapters of the Book of Daniel, a Jewish apocalypse composed in the second century BC although set in the sixth, in which a man clothed in linen (never identified, but probably the archangel Gabriel) tells Daniel that he and "Michael, your prince" are engaged in a battle with the "prince of Persia", after which, at the end-time, "Michael, the great prince who protects your people, will arise".[16][17]

Enoch was instrumental in establishing the pre-eminent place of Michael among the angels or archangels, and in later Jewish works, he is said to be their chief, mediating the Torah (the law of God), and standing at the right hand of the throne of God.[7] In the traditions of the Qumran community, he defends or leads the people of God in the eschatological (i.e., end-time) battle.[18] And in other writings, he is responsible for the care of Israel (and he may be the "one like a son of man" mentioned in Daniel 7:13–14) and the commander of the heavenly armies; he is Israel's advocate contesting Satan's claim to the body of Moses; he intercedes between God and humanity and serves as High Priest in the heavenly sanctuary; and he accompanies the souls of the righteous dead to Paradise.[8]

New Testament

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The seven archangels (or four – the traditions differ but always include Michael) were associated with the branches of the menorah, the sacred seven-branched lampstand in the Temple as the seven spirits before the throne of God, and this is reflected in the Book of Revelation 4:5 ("From the throne came flashes of lightning, and rumblings and peals of thunder, and before the throne were burning seven torches of fire, which are the seven spirits of God" – ESV).[19] Michael is mentioned explicitly in Revelation 12:7–12, where he does battle with Satan and casts him out of heaven so that he no longer has access to God as accuser (his formal role in the Old Testament).[13] The fall of Satan at the coming of Jesus marks the separation of the New Testament from Judaism.[20] In Luke 22:31 Jesus tells Peter that Satan has asked God for permission to "sift" the disciples, the goal being to accuse them, but the accusation is opposed by Jesus, who thus takes on the role played by angels, and especially by Michael, in Judaism.[21]

Michael is mentioned by name for the second time in the Epistle of Jude, a passionate warning against divisive, abusive, ungodly persons.[22] In verses 9–10 the author denounces the ungodly persons by contrasting them with the archangel Michael, who, disputing with Satan over the body of Moses, "did not presume to pronounce the verdict of 'slander' but said, 'The Lord punish you!'[23]

Later traditions

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Christianity

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Early Christian views and devotions

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Michael was venerated as a healer in Phrygia (modern-day Turkey).[24]

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 fourth century by Constantine the Great at Chalcedon, on the site of an earlier temple called Sosthenion.[25]

Epiphanius of Salamis (c. 310–320 – 403) in his Coptic-Arabic Hexaemeron referred 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.[26]

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 the Archangel Michael as a warrior saint slaying a dragon.[25] 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.[27]

In the fourth century, 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 Jude 1:9.[24] Into the sixth 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.[28]

In the sixth 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 seventh-century Gelasian Sacramentary included the feast "S. Michaelis Archangeli", as did the eighth-century Gregorian Sacramentary. Some of these documents refer to a Basilica Archangeli (no longer extant) on via Salaria in Rome.[24]

The angelology of Pseudo-Dionysius, which was widely read as of the sixth century, gave Michael a rank in the hierarchy of angels. Later, in the thirteenth 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 Ia. 113.3), he is the Prince of the last and lowest choir, the Angels.[24][29]

Catholicism

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Second-class relic stone of Saint Michael the Archangel from Monte Gargano, Italy
Archangel Michael frees souls from purgatory, by Jacopo Vignali, 17th century

Catholics often refer to Michael as "Holy Michael, the Archangel"[30] or "Saint Michael", a title that does not indicate canonisation[citation needed]. He is generally referred to in Christian litanies as "Saint Michael", as in the Litany of the Saints. In the shortened version used in the Easter Vigil, he alone of the angels and archangels is mentioned by name, saints Gabriel and Raphael being omitted.[31]

In Roman Catholic teachings, Saint Michael has four main roles or offices.[24] 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.[32] He is viewed as the angelic model for the virtues of the "spiritual warrior", his conflict with evil taken as "the battle within".[33]

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, he is the angel of death, carrying the souls of Christians to heaven. Catholic prayers often refer to this role of Michael. In his third role, he weighs souls on his perfectly balanced scales. For this reason, he is often depicted holding scales.[34]

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. The names of villages around the Bay of Biscay reflect that history. Moreover, doubtless for the same motive he was considered the patron saint of a number of cities and countries.[35][36]

Catholic tradition includes also elements such as the Prayer to Saint Michael, which specifically asks for the faithful to be "defended" by the saint.[37][38][39] The Chaplet of Saint Michael consists of nine salutations, one for each choir of angels.[40][41]

Saint Michael the Archangel prayer
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Eastern and Oriental Orthodoxy

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The Eastern Orthodox accord Michael the title Archistrategos, or "Supreme Commander of the Heavenly Hosts".[44] The Eastern Orthodox pray to their guardian angels and above all to Michael and Gabriel.[45]

The Eastern Orthodox have always had strong devotions to angels. In contemporary times they are referred to by the term of "Bodiless Powers".[46] A number of feasts dedicated to Archangel Michael are celebrated by the Eastern Orthodox throughout the year.[46]

Archangel Michael is mentioned in a number of Eastern Orthodox hymns and prayer, and his icons are widely used within Eastern Orthodox churches.[47] In many Eastern Orthodox icons, Christ is accompanied by a number of angels, Michael being a predominant figure among them.[47]

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.[48][49]

In Ukraine, the Archangel Michael is the patron saint of the capital city, Kyiv. He became popular since the time of Prince Vsevolod of Kievan Rus'.

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 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 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 month.[50] 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 is the celebration of Michael's appointment in heaven, where Michael became the chief of the angels.[51]

Protestantism

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West window showing Michael in armour, Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd (Rosemont, Pennsylvania) United States; memorial to the dead of the First World War
Statue at St. Michael's Church, Hamburg

Protestants recognize Michael as an archangel. The Anglican and Methodist traditions recognize four archangels: Michael, Raphael, Gabriel, and Uriel.[52][53] The controversial Anglican bishop Robert Clayton (d. 1758) proposed that Michael was the Logos and Gabriel the Holy Spirit.[54] Controversy over Clayton's views led the government to order his prosecution, but he died before his scheduled examination.[55][56]

The Lutheran Churches of St. Michael's Church, Hamburg and St. Michael's Church, Hildesheim are named for Michael. In Bach's time, the annual feast of Michael and All the Angels on 29 September was regularly celebrated with a festive service in Lutheran churches, for which Bach composed several cantatas, for example the chorale cantata Herr Gott, dich loben alle wir, BWV 130 in 1724, Es erhub sich ein Streit, BWV 19, in 1726 and Man singet mit Freuden vom Sieg, BWV 149, in 1728 or 1729.

Many Protestant theologians identify a relationship, (e.g. typological or identical), between Michael with Christ, including:

Martin Luther[57][58] Ernst Wilhelm Hengstenberg,[59] Andrew Willet[60] Herman Witsius[61] W. L. Alexander, Jacobus Ode,[62] Campegius Vitringa,[63] Philip Melanchthon,[64] Hugh Broughton,[65] Franciscus Junius,[66] Hävernick[67] Amandus Polanus,[68] Johannes Oecolampadius,[69] Samuel Horsely,[70] William Kincaid[71] John Calvin[72] Isaac Watts,[73] John Brown,[74] and James Wood.[75]

Charles Spurgeon once stated that Jesus is "the true Michael"[76] and "the only Archangel".[77]

John Gill comments on Jude 9, "'Yet Michael the archangel ...' By whom is meant, not a created angel, but an eternal one, the Lord Jesus Christ ..."[78]

Seventh-day Adventists

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Seventh-day Adventists believe that "Michael" is but one of the many titles applied to the pre-existent Christ, or Son of God. According to Adventists, such a view does not in any way conflict with the belief in the full deity and eternal preexistence of Jesus Christ, nor does it in the least disparage his person and work.[79] According to Adventist theology, Michael was considered the "eternal Word", and the one by whom all things were created. The Word was then born incarnate as Jesus.[80]

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 Revelation 12:7–9 identifies/refers to Jesus as Michael.[81]

Jehovah's Witnesses

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Jehovah's Witnesses believe Michael to be another name for Jesus in heaven, in his pre-human and post-resurrection existence.[82] They say the definite article at Jude 9[83]—referring to "Michael the archangel"—identifies Michael as the only archangel. They consider Michael to be synonymous with Christ, described at 1 Thessalonians 4:16[84] as descending "with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the sound of the trumpet".[85][86][87]

They believe the prominent roles assigned to Michael at Daniel 12:1,[88] Revelation 12:7,[89] Revelation 19:14,[90] and Revelation 16[91] 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.[92] Jehovah's Witnesses also identify Michael with the "Angel of the Lord" who led and protected the Israelites in the wilderness.[93] Their earliest teachings stated that Archangel Michael was not to be worshipped.[94]

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

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Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints believe that Michael is 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-mortal form of Jesus) in the creation of the world under the direction of God the Father (Elohim); under the direction of the Father, Michael also cast Satan out of heaven.[95][96][97][98]

Judaism

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The name Michael in Hebrew

According to rabbinic tradition, Michael acted as the advocate of Israel, and sometimes had to fight with the princes of the other nations (Daniel 10:13) and particularly with the angel Samael, Israel's accuser. Their enmity dates from the time Samael was thrown from heaven and tried to drag Michael down with him, necessitating God's intervention.[99][100]

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, he held a place in the Jewish liturgy: "When a man is in need he must pray directly to God, and neither to Michael nor to Gabriel."[101] Jeremiah addresses a prayer to him.[102]

The rabbis declare that Michael entered into his role of defender at the time of the biblical patriarchs. Rabbi Eliezer ben Jacob said he rescued Abraham from the furnace into which he had been thrown by Nimrod (Midrash Genesis Rabbah xliv. 16). Some say he was the "one that had escaped" (Genesis 14:13), who told Abraham that Lot had been taken captive (Midrash Pirke R. El.), and who protected Sarah from defilement by Abimelech.

Michael prevented Isaac from sacrifice by his father by substituting a ram in his place. He saved Jacob, while yet in his mother's womb, from death by Samael.[103] He later 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 and destroyed Sennacherib's army.[104]

Islam

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In Islam, Michael, or Mīkāʾīl,[105] is the angel said to effectuate God's providence as well as natural phenomena, such as rain.[106] He is one of the four archangels along with Jibril (Gabriel, whom he is often paired with), ʾIsrāfīl (trumpeter angel) and ʿAzrāʾīl (angel of death).[107]

Michael in Islam is said to be friendly, asking God for mercy toward humans and is, according to Muslim legends, one of the first to obey God's orders to bow before Adam.[108][106] From the tears of Michael, angels are created as his helpers.[109]

Consensus of Islamic scholars and clerics has enclosed various hadiths as interpretation material for the verse of Surah Al Imran 3:124 that Gabriel,[110][111] Michael, Raphael[112] [Notes 2][Notes 3] and thousands of best angels from third level of sky, all came to the battle of Badr.[116] Various hadith traditions linked to the Surah Al Imran 3:124, has stated that those angels has taken form of Zubayr ibn al-Awwam, companion of Muhammad.[Notes 4][119]

In a version of a hadith by an-Nasāʾi, Muhammad is quoted as saying that Gabriel and Michael came to him, and when Gabriel had sat down at his right and Michael at his left, Gabriel told him to recite the Qurʾān in one mode, and Michael told him to ask more, till he reached seven modes, each mode being sufficiently health-giving.[120] According to another hadith in Sahih Muslim, Michael, along with Gabriel both dressed in white, were reported to have accompanied Muhammad on the day of the Battle of Uhud.[121] Safiur Rahman Mubarakpuri has recorded in his historiography works of Quran and Hadith revelation in Prophetic biography, that Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas testified has saw Jibril and Mikail during that battle.[122]

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):[123][124]

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.

In the creation narrative of Adam 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, whose narrative states that God tells Earth that some will obey him and others will not.[125]

Michael is called Mika'il or Mikha'il in Muslim works generally, but in the one instance in which he is mentioned in the Quran he is called Mīkāl.[126] The single Quranic mention comes in the QS 2:98, when the Jews of Medina challenged Muhammed to tell them the name of the angel (malaika = creature with a knowledge) from whom he received his revelations; when he told them it was Gabriel, the Jews said that Gabriel was their enemy, and that revelations came from Michael.[127] The hadith (sayings of and about the Prophet collected by his followers) quote Muhammed mentioning both Gabriel and Michael as two angels who showed him Paradise and hell, and in the early years of Islam the Muslims recited the names of both in the obligatory daily prayers (the salat).[128] The place of Michael, and some of the other archangels, is not clearly identified in the major sources, and among ordinary Muslims knowledge of them is drawn from non-Islamic sources, notably Jewish.[128]

Baháʼí Faith

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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. Baháʼí publications interpreting the Book of Revelation from the New Testament say Baha'u'llah was a chief prince of Persia[129][130] 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 or "glory" in Jewish Mysticism[131] – because "Baha'u'llah" means splendor or glory of God.

Gnosticism

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In the Secret Book of John, a second-century text found in the Nag Hammadi codices of Gnosticism, Michael is placed in control of the demons who help Yaldabaoth create Adam, along with six others named Uriel, Asmenedas, Saphasatoel, Aarmouriam, Richram, and Amiorps.[132] According to Origen of Alexandria in his work Against Celsus, Michael was represented as a lion on the Ophite Diagram.[133]

Feasts

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Archangel Michael at a Portuguese feast in Cabeceiras de Basto

In the General Roman Calendar, the Anglican Calendar of Saints, and the 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, in the General Roman Calendar and the Feast of Saint Michael and All Angels according to the Church of England.[134]

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. angels) as their Supreme Commander (Synaxis of the Archangel Michael and the Other Bodiless Powers), and the Miracle at Chonae is commemorated on 6 September.[135][136]

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.[137] The feast of the Appearing of S. Michael the Archangel is observed by Anglo-Catholics on 8 May.[138] 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.[139]

In the Coptic Orthodox Church, the main feast day in 12 Hathor and 12 Paoni, and he is celebrated liturgically on the 12th of each Coptic month.

Feast of Saint Michael and All Angels is commemorated on 29 September in ROCOR Western Rite.[140]

Apparition of Saint Michael in 492 on Mount Gargano is commemorated on 8 May[141] and Dedication of Saint Michael the Archangel is commemorated on 29 September (Antiochian Western Rite Vicariate).[142]

Dedication of Saint Michael sanctuary Mont Saint-Michel by Saint Aubert of Avranches is commemorated on 16 October.[143]

On 7 April, the Oriental Orthodox Church commemorates the deliverance of prophet Jeremiah from prison by Michael.[144]

Patronages and orders

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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.[36][145]

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.

Statue of St Michael at the former seat of the Bavarian Military Order of Saint Michael in the Electoral Palace, Bonn, Germany

In mid- to late fifteenth century, France was one of only four courts in Western Christendom without an order of knighthood.[146] Later in the fifteenth 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."[147] Thus Michael was the natural patron of the first chivalric order of France, the Order of Saint Michael of 1469.[146] 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 (see also: Order of Saint Michael).[148]

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 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.[149] Based on the legend of his eighth-century apparition at Mont Saint-Michel, France, the Archangel is the patron of mariners in this famous sanctuary.[24] 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.[24]

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 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 twentieth century.[150]

Coat of arms of Brussels
Coat of arms of Kyiv

He has been the patron saint of Brussels since the Middle Ages.[151] The city of Arkhangelsk in Russia is named for the Archangel. Ukraine and its capital Kyiv also consider Michael their patron saint and protector.[152]

In Linlithgow, Scotland, St. Michael has been the patron saint of the town since the thirteenth century, with St. Michael's Parish Church being originally constructed in 1134. Since the fourteenth 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.[153]

An Anglican sisterhood dedicated to Saint Michael under the title of the Community of St Michael and All Angels was founded in 1851.[154] 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 professed religious within the Anglican Church in North America, the North American component of the Anglican realignment movement.[155]

The city of Arkhangelsk, Russia, and the federal subject Arkhangelsk Oblast are named after Michael the Archangel.

In the United States military, Saint Michael is considered to be a patron of paratroopers and, in particular, the 82nd Airborne Division.[156] One of the first battles where the unit first was combat christened is the Battle of Saint-Mihiel during World War I.

The beret insignia of the French paratroopers is a winged arm grasping a dagger, representing Saint Michael.[157] Saint Michael is the patronus of Italian special forces 9° Reggimento "Col Moschin" and the Italian state police. Saint Michael (Croatian: Sveti Mihovil) is patron of Croatian Police and Croatian Army, his feast day being also celebrated as the Police day in Croatia.[158]

Legends

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Judaism

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There is a legend which seems to be of Jewish origin, and which was adopted by the Copts, 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.[159] According to midrash Genesis Rabbah, Michael saved Hananiah and his companions from the fiery furnace.[160] Michael was active in the time of Esther: "The more Haman accused Israel on earth, the more Michael defended Israel in heaven".[161] It was Michael who reminded Ahasuerus that he was Mordecai's debtor;[162] and there is a legend that Michael appeared to the high priest Hyrcanus, promising him assistance.[163]

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. The entire band of angels, except for Michael, was then consumed by fire.[164]

Christianity

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A 12th-century icon of the Miracle at Chonae, from Saint Catherine's Monastery, Mount Sinai

The Eastern Orthodox Church celebrates the Miracle at Chonae on September 6.[165] 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.[166] 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.[167] The legend is supposed to have predated the actual events, but the fifth- to seventh-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.[168]

There is a late-fifth-century legend in Cornwall, England, that the Archangel appeared to fishermen on St Michael's Mount.[169] According to author Richard Freeman Johnson, this legend is likely a nationalistic twist to a myth.[169] Cornish legends also hold that the mount itself was constructed by giants[170] and that King Arthur battled a giant there.[171]

An 18th-century statue of a triumphant Saint Michael enshrined as the patron saint of Bacoor, Cavite, Philippines. The town fiesta was originally celebrated on the Feast of the Apparition at Mount Gargano on May 8.

The legend of the apparition of the Archangel at around AD 490 at a secluded hilltop cave on Monte Gargano in Italy gained a following among the Lombards in the immediate period thereafter, and by the eighth century, pilgrims arrived from as far away as England.[172] The Tridentine calendar included a feast of the apparition on 8 May, the date of the 663 victory over the Greek Neapolitans that the Lombards of Manfredonia attributed to Saint Michael.[24] The feast remained in the Roman liturgical calendar until removed in the 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.[28]

According to 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.[173][174][175] In 960 the Duke of Normandy commissioned a Benedictine abbey on the mount, and it remains a major pilgrimage site.[175]

A Portuguese Carmelite nun, Antónia d'Astónaco, reported an apparition and private revelation of the Archangel Michael who had told to this devoted 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.[40][176]

From 1961 to 1965, four young schoolgirls had reported several apparitions of the Archangel Michael in the small village of Garabandal, Spain. At Garabandal, the apparitions of the Archangel Michael were mainly reported as announcing the arrivals of the Virgin Mary. The Catholic Church has neither approved nor condemned the Garabandal apparitions.[177]

In literature, music, and art

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Literature

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In the 1667 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.[178]

In Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's translation of the mid-thirteenth century The Golden Legend, Michael is one of the angels of the seven planets. He is the angel of Mercury.[179]

Music

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Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Praelium Michaelis Archangeli factum in coelo cum dracone, H.410, oratorio for soloists, double chorus, strings and continuo (1683).[180]

Artistic depictions

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Tenth-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 eighth century, e.g. the stone casket at Notre Dame de Mortain church in France.[181]

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 Mary and Jesus.[182]

In many depictions, Michael is represented as an angelic warrior, fully armed with helmet, sword, and shield.[24] The shield may bear the Latin inscription Quis ut Deus or the Greek inscription Christos Dikaios Krites or its initials.[183] He may be standing over a serpent, a dragon, or the defeated figure of Satan, whom he sometimes pierces with a lance.[24] The iconography of Michael slaying a serpent goes back to the early fourth century, when Emperor Constantine defeated Licinius at the Battle of Adrianople in AD 324, not far from the Michaelion, a church dedicated to Archangel Michael.[25]

Constantine felt that Licinius was an agent of Satan and associated him with the serpent described in the Book of Revelation (12:9).[184] 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 the Archangel Michael as a warrior saint.[25]

In less common depiction, Michael holds a pair of scales, weighs the souls of the departed and holds the book of life (as in the Book of Revelation) to show he partakes in the judgment.[181] Michelangelo depicted this scene on the altar wall of the Sistine Chapel.[185]

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.[186]

Namesake churches

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The Mont Saint-Michel in Normandy, France
St. Michael's Jesuit church, Munich, Bavaria, Germany
St. Michael's Roman Catholic church, Cluj-Napoca, Transylvania, Romania

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ (Hebrew: [mixaˈʔel]; Hebrew: מִיכָאֵל, romanizedMīḵāʾēl, lit.'Who is like El [God]?'; Greek: Μιχαήλ, romanizedMikhaḗl; Latin: Michahel; Arabic: ميخائيل ، مِيكَالَ ، ميكائيل, romanizedMīkāʾīl, Mīkāl, Mīkhāʾīl)
  2. ^ found in Mustadrak al Sahihayn.[113] The complete narration from Al-Hakim al-Nishapuri were:... Abu Abdullah Muhammad bin Yaqoub has reported from Ibrahim bin Abdullah Al-Saadi, who told us Muhammad bin Khalid bin Uthma, told us Musa bin Yaqoub, told me Abu Al-Huwairith, that Muhammad bin Jubayr bin Mut’im told him, that he heard Ali – may God be pleased with him – addresses the people, and he said: While I was leaving from the well of Badr, a strong wind came, the like of which I had never seen, then it left, then came a strong wind, the like of which I have never seen except for the one before it, then it went, then came a strong wind that I did not see before. I have never seen anything like it except for the one before it, and the first wind was Gabriel descended among a thousand angels with the Messenger of God – may God bless him and grant him peace – and the second wind was Michael who descended among a thousand angels to the right of the Messenger of God – may God bless him and his family and grant them peace – and Abu Bakr was On his right, and the third wind was Israfil. He descended with a thousand angels on the side of the Messenger of God – may God's prayers and peace be upon him and his family – and I was on the right side. When God Almighty defeated his enemies, the Messenger of God – may God's prayers and peace be upon him and his family – carried me on his horse, I blew up, and I fell On my heels, I prayed to God Almighty... Ibn al Mulqin [id], Hadith scholar from Córdoba of 13–14 AD century, evaluate this hadith tha he found weaknesses in Musa ibn Yaqoub and Abu al Huwairith chain, so he deemed there is weakness about this hadith.[114] More recent scholarship from Ali Hasan al-Halabi notes another hadith which supports the participation of Raphael in Badr[112]
  3. ^ According to Islamic belief in weak chain of Hadith, Israfil were acknowledged as angel who were tasked to blower of Armageddon trumpet.[115] Suyuti mentioned Israfil as Muezzin among angels, possessed four wings, while Suyuti also mentioned another narrator Israfil possessed twelve wings instead.[116] Israfil also mentioned by Suyuti as Muezzin among angels and a member of a group of biggest archangels who bear the Throne of God on their back.[116] Abu Bakar al-Hudhali opined the angel who blowing horn were different from Israfil, while Abu Said Al-Khudri mentioned the blower of horn were in fact consisted of two angels, while he supported the opinion that Israfil were also one of the blower.[116] Muhammad Nasiruddin al-Albani thought the hadith were Munkar and should not be trusted.[117]
  4. ^ According to one Hadith, Muhammad were told that the angels that appeared in the battle of Badr were highest in status and the "best of angels" according to Gabriel.[118]

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