Michael
Michael, also called Archangel Michael or Michael the Taxiarch, is an archangel and the warrior of God in Christianity, Judaism, and Islam while additionally being a saint in Christianity. 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. He does battle with Satan, and the archangel and the devil dispute over the body of Moses.
↻ synthesized from 17 sources
When
- First attested
- 1800 BCE
- Attested period
- -3000 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Earliest mentions in 3rd- and 2nd-century BC Jewish works.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- cherubim, Raguel, Saraqâêl, Libbiel, Angel of Love, Angel of Justice, Angel of Truth, Angel of Peace, Zavdiel, Achziel, Nuriel, unnamed angel, Mal’akh Yahweh, bnē Elohim, guardian angel, Beelzebub, Asmodaeus, Phanuel, Sabrael, Usiel, Remiel, Azazel, Samyaza, Suryal, Grigori, nephilim, Thrones, Bearers of the Throne, Metatron, Enoch, Melchizedek, Yahoel, Metatron Rabbah, Shaddai, Landvættir, Vættir, landdísir, Fylgja, Hamingja, Elohim, Prince of Greece, Abaddon, Azrael, Santa Muerte, Yama, Psychopomp, Shinigami, Mot, Sejadin, Nasirdîn, Destroying angel, Demetrios, Humbert of Maroilles, Boniface, Bernardino of Siena, Martha, Peter Claver, Nicholas of Tolentino, Saint Roch, Elizabeth of Hungary, Gertrude the Great, Saint Boniface, Our Lady of Las Lajas, Lawrence of Rome, Virgin of Mercy, Quirinus, Christopher, Blaise, Gaudentius of Ossero, Duje, St. Chrysogonus, Francis Xavier, Paul the Apostle's Conversion, Florian, Gotthard of Hildesheim, Wenceslaus, Saint Primitivus, Saint Constantius, Saint Auratianus, Melchior Grodziecki, Clement of Rome, Hippolytus of Rome, John of Nepomuk, Paulina of Rome, Pope Pius V, Saint Ligorius, Procopius of Sázava, John the Baptist, Joseph, Mary, Our Lady of the Rosary, Saint Barbara, Virgin of Candelaria, James the Greater, Saint Lucy, Jerome, Bonaventure, Saint Joseph, Immaculate Conception, Vitus, Paul, Bartholomew, Peter, George, Martin of Tours
- enemy of
- Satan, princes of the heathen nations, Abyzou, prince of Persia
- syncretized with
- patron saint, Attis
- allied with
- Raphael, Watchtower, Uriel, Gabriel, Israfil, Azrael, Adam, angels, Yaldabaoth, Joel, Asmenedas, Saphasatoel, Aarmouriam, Richram, Amiorps, Christ, Gabuthelon, Beburos, Zebuleon, Aker, Arphugitonos
- serves
- God
- served by
- angels of mercy, Seraphim
Mentioned by
- John the Baptist
- Joseph
- Mary
- Our Lady of the Rosary
- Saint Barbara
- Virgin of Candelaria
- James the Greater
- Saint Lucy
- Jerome
- Bonaventure
- Saint Joseph
- Immaculate Conception
- Vitus
- Paul
- Bartholomew
- Peter
and 18 more
Sources
- peer reviewed
- peer reviewed
- peer reviewed
Source passages
“Catholics often refer to Michael as “Holy Michael, the Archangel” or “Saint Michael”. He is generally referred to in Christian litanies as “Saint Michael”, as in the Litany of the Saints.”
#1973 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“The only other named angels in the New Testament are Michael (in Jude 1:9 and Revelation 12:7) and Abaddon (in Revelation 9:11).”
#1994 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“The New Testament names only two archangels, Michael and Gabriel (Luke 1:9–26; Jude 1:9; Revelation 12:7), but Raphael, because of his association with healing, became identified with the unnamed angel of John 5:1–4 who periodically stirred the pool of Bethesda”
#2085 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“In chapter IX, part of "The Book of the Watchers" (2nd century BCE), only four angels are named. Those angels are Michael, Uriel, Raphael, and Gabriel (though some versions have a fifth angel: Suryal or Suriel).”
#2115 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“The angels of mercy subordinative to Michael are also identified as cherubim.”
#2147 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5