St.
Michael the Archangel is the chief of the heavenly host, the celestial
army that defends the Church. He fights the rebel angels and the dragon
of Revelations. He is patron saint of knights and of all trades allied
to the production of weapons and scales.
See: Agnolo Bronzino. St.
Michael Fighting the Devil.
Carlo Crivelli. St. Michael.
Gerard David. Altar
of Archangel Michael.
Eugène Delacroix St.
Michael Defeats the Devil.
Dionysius. The Archangel
Michael.
Domenico Ghirlandaio Madonna
and Child Enthroned with Four Angels, the Archangels Michael and Raphael,
and St. Gusto and St. Zenobius.
Limbourg Brothers.
Les trčs riches heures du Duc de Berry. St. Michael.
Piero della Francesca. Archangel
Michael.
Pontormo. St. John the
Evangelist and St. Michael the Archangel.
Raphael St. Michael;
St.
Michael and Satan.
Andrei Rublev. Archangel Michael.
Russian Icon. Archangel Michael.
The
Archangel Michael.
The Archangel
Michael.
The Archangel Michael.
Simon Ushakov. The Archangel
Michael Trampling the Devil Underfoot.
Recommended reading:
The
Book of Saints: The Lives of the Saints According to the Liturgical Calendar
by George Angelini, Victor Hoagland (Editor). Regina Press, Malhame &
Company, 1986.
365
Saints: Your Daily Guide to the Wisdom and Wonder of Their Lives
by Woodeene Koenig-Brick (Author). Harper SanFrancisco, 1995.
Lives
of the Saints: From Mary and Francis of Assisi to John XXIII and Mother
Teresa by Richard McBrien (Author). Harper San Francisco, 2001.