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Because of his association with scales to judge the souls of the dead, Michael the Archangel is the patron saint of bankers and grocers. Additionally, because of his role in leading the angels to expel Satan from heaven, Saint Michael is also the patron saint of police officers and military personnel. [27]
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 ...
Police dispatchers - Gabriel the Archangel; Police officers - Jude, Michael the Archangel. Brazilian police officers - George; Politicians - Thomas the Apostle, Thomas More, Marinus; Polytechnic engineering - Ferdinand III of Castile; Poor students - Joseph of Cupertino; Popes - Peter the Apostle; Porters [clarification needed] - Quentin
Scrofula - Saint Balbina; Scrofula, diseases of the skin - Marculf; Against danger at sea, against temptations, sick people, storms at sea, police officers - Michael the Archangel; For protection against the dangers of the sea - Wulfram of Sens; Against sepsis - John Henry Newman; The sick, asthma sufferers, nurses and carers - Bernadette
Because Saint Michael is the patron of police officers, Michaelmas may also see a Blue Mass. [33] Lutheran Christians consider it a principal feast of Christ. [citation needed] Michaelmas is still celebrated in Waldorf schools. Rudolf Steiner considered it the second most important festival after Easter. The celebration of this holiday teaches ...
The Book of Revelation refers to this same battle, recalling before our eyes the image of St Michael the Archangel (cf. Revelation 12:7). Pope Leo XIII certainly had this picture in mind when, at the end of the last century, he brought in, throughout the Church, a special prayer to St Michael: "Saint Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle.
Like Mont Saint-Michel, Sacra di San Michele and the Sanctuary of Monte Sant'Angelo are reported to have been constructed at the behest of St. Michael himself. [3] According to legend, the Sacred Line of Saint Michael represents the blow the Saint inflicted upon the Devil when he cast him into Hell, as per the story of the Fall of Satan. [4]
St. Michael the Archangel, patron of Bacoor, Cavite, Philippines, 18th century Michael the Archangel and biblical scenes, Russian icon, c. 1410 St Michael's Fountain, on Boulevard Saint-Michel , Paris