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Raphael (UK: / ˈ r æ f eɪ ə l / RAF-ay-əl, US: / ˈ r æ f i ə l, ˈ r eɪ f-/ RA(Y)F-ee-əl; "God has healed") [a] is an archangel first mentioned in the Book of Tobit and in 1 Enoch, both estimated to date from between the 3rd and 2nd century BCE.
Nurses - Agatha of Sicily, [6] Alexius of Rome, Camillus of Lellis, [2] Catherine of Alexandria, John of God, Margaret of Antioch, Raphael the Archangel. Children's nurses - Foillan; Nursing services - Elisabeth of Hungary; Italian nurses - Catherine of Siena; Nurse anesthetists - René Goupil [4] Nursing mothers - Basilissa [2]
Statue of Saint Quiricus (Cyr, Cyricus) Child saints are children who died or were martyred and have been declared saints or martyrs of the Roman Catholic , Eastern Orthodox , Oriental Orthodox , Anglican , Episcopalian , or Lutheran Churches or have been beatified.
Birth record (parish of St. John in Vilna, 226/1835) Raphael was born Józef Kalinowski to a noble "szlachta" family in the city of Vilnius (Vilna). At the time he was born, the area was known as a Russian partition, though it had formerly been part of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
Here's a history lesson on ol' Saint Nick. How old is Santa? Santa Claus' origins date back to about 280 A.D. when St. Nicholas was born, the History Channel reports. This would make Santa ...
This is an incomplete list of humans and angels whom the Catholic Church has canonized as saints.According to Catholic theology, all saints enjoy the beatific vision.Many of the saints listed here are to be found in the General Roman Calendar, while others may also be found in the Roman Martyrology; [1] still others are particular to local places and their recognition does not extend to the ...
Raphael, Nicholas, and Irene of Lesbos (Greek: Ραφαήλ, Νικόλαος και Ειρήνη) are venerated as saints and neomartyrs in the Eastern Orthodox Church. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] According to a 20th-century legend, they lived on the island of Lesbos in the 15th century and were killed by Turkish raiders in April 1463.
Titian, The Archangel Raphael and Tobias (c. 1512−1514). Tobias and the Angel is the traditional title of depictions in art of a passage from the Book of Tobit in which Tobias, son of Tobit, travels with the Archangel Raphael without realising he is an angel (5.5–6) and is then instructed by Raphael what to do with a giant fish he catches (6.2–9).