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Interesting Facts about St Michael
are as follows:
- Fact 1 - Saint Michael, known as
Michael the Archangel
- Fact 2 - He is regarded as the
patron and protector of the Christian Church, because he
remained faithful to God, and defeated Lucifer
- Fact 3 - He is the Patron Saint of
Paratroopers, Police officers, Mariners, Grocers, the sick and
Paramedics.
- Fact 4 - Memorial Day / Feast Day
of Saint Michael: September 29
- Fact 5 - He smote the rebel Lucifer
in the conflict of the heavenly hosts
- Fact 6 - Referred to as the captain
of the armies of God
- Fact 7 - He appears in Holy
Scripture as the guardian of the children of Israel
- Fact 8 - He prepared for their
return from the Persian captivity
- Fact 9 - He led the Maccabees to
victory
- Fact 10 - He rescued the body of
Moses from the grasp of the devil
- Fact 11 - Prophecy - when
Antichrist shall have set up his kingdom on earth, it is Michael
who will unfurl the standard of the Cross, sound the last
trumpet, and binding together the false prophet and the beast,
hurl them for all eternity into the burning pool.
- Fact 12 - Saint Michael the
Archangel is represented in Christian Art as a beautiful young
man, winged, clad in armour, and with sword and shield combating
the dragon.
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