Michaelmas
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Michaelmas, also known as the Feast of Saints Michael, Gabriel and Raphael, the Feast of the Archangels, and the Feast of Saint Michael and All Angels, is a Christian festival observed in many Western
Saint Michael the Archangel
Saint Michael defeats the Dragon, from a 12th-century manuscript.
Michaelmas daisy
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War in Heaven
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The War in Heaven is a mythic conflict between supernatural forces in traditional Christian cosmology, attested in the Book of Revelation alongside proposed parallels in the Hebrew Bible and the Dead
Michaelmas
…of some traditions, the Archangel Michael is considered as the greatest of all the angels, being particularly honoured for defeating Satan in the War in Heaven. The name Michaelmas comes from a shortening of "Michael's Mass", in the same style as Christmas (Christ's Mass) and Candlemas (Candle Mass, the Mass…
The Son casts the rebels out of Heaven. 1866 Illustration by Gustave Doré for John Milton's Paradise Lost.
The Fall of the Rebel Angels; left hand panel of Hieronymus Bosch's The Haywain Triptych, c. 1500
War in Heaven by Pieter Paul Rubens, 1619
Michael and Satan, by Guido Reni, c. 1636