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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.
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.
Saint Raphael, Saint-Raphaël, or St. Raphael may also refer to: People. Raphael of Brooklyn (1860–1915), saint in the Christian Orthodox tradition; Places
In the Catholic Church, three archangels are mentioned by name in its Biblical canon: Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael. Raphael appears in the deuterocanonical Book of Tobit, where he is described as "one of the seven angels who stand ready and enter before the glory of the lord of spirits", [17] a phrase recalled in Revelation 8:2–6.
Giovanni Santi, Raphael's father; Christ supported by two angels, c. 1490. Raphael was born in the small but artistically significant central Italian city of Urbino in the Marches region, [8] where his father Giovanni Santi was court painter to the Duke.
Raphael, Disputation of the Holy Sacrament, 1509-1510. The first composition Raphael executed between 1509 and 1510 [7] was the Disputation of the Holy Sacrament, the traditional name for what is really an Adoration of the Sacrament. In the painting, Raphael created an image of the church, which is presented as spanning both heaven and earth.
The Masini family, parish members of St. Raphael's, dedicated a stone statue and fountain of an angel playing a flute in 1996 in honor of their daughter, Toni Christine Masini, who died in 1992. The fountain was designed by two graduate students from North Carolina State University.
Raphael's father was Giovanni Santi, who was also a painter as well as a poet. Due to this fact, Raphael had certain connections with patrons throughout his career which helped his fame. Considered a favorite of Pope Julius II, Raphael held a celebrity status in Rome from 1509 to 1520. [6] The artist died at the very young age of 37 due to a fever.