page_title: Michael (archangel)
section_title: Churches named after Michael
hierarchical_section_title: Michael (archangel) / Churches named after Michael
caption_attribution_description: English: St Michael's Mount Français&#160;: Mont Saint-Michel Deutsch: Mont Saint-Michel
context_page_description: Michael is an archangel in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. In Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Anglican, and Lutheran systems of faith, he is called Saint Michael the Archangel and Saint Michael. In the Oriental Orthodox and Eastern Orthodox religions, he is called Saint Michael the Taxiarch. In other Protestant churches, he is referred to as Archangel Michael.
  Michael is mentioned three times in the Book of Daniel. The idea that Michael was the advocate of the Jews became so prevalent that, in spite of the rabbinical prohibition against appealing to angels as intermediaries between God and his people, Michael came to occupy a certain place in the Jewish liturgy.
  In the New Testament, Michael leads God's armies against Satan's forces in the Book of Revelation, where during the war in heaven he defeats Satan. In the Epistle of Jude, Michael is specifically referred to as "the archangel Michael". Sanctuaries to Michael were built by Christians in the 4th century, when he was first seen as a healing angel. Over time his role became one of a protector and the leader of the army of God against the forces of evil.
context_section_description: Parroquia de San Miguel Arcángel (es), San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato Mexico World Heritage Site
  Sacra di San Michele (Saint Michael's Abbey), near Turin, Italy
  Cathedral of St. Michael and St. Gudula, in Brussels, Belgium
  Mont-Saint-Michel, Normandy, France - a World Heritage Site
  St. Michael's Cathedral Basilica (Toronto), Canada
  St. Michael's Cathedral (Izhevsk), Russia
  St. Michael's Cathedral, Qingdao, China
  Chudov Monastery in the Moscow Kremlin
  Cathedral of the Archangel in the Moscow Kremlin - a World Heritage Site
  Sanctuary of Monte Sant'Angelo, Gargano, Italy - a World Heritage Site
  St Michael's Mount, Cornwall, UK
  St. Michael's Basilica, Miramichi, Canada
  Skellig Michael, off the Irish west coast - a World Heritage Site
  St Michael's Cathedral, Coventry, UK
  St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery, Kiev, Ukraine
  Basilica of St Michael the Archangel, Pensacola, Florida, United States
  St. Michael's Church, Vienna in Vienna, Austria
  Tayabas Basilica, Tayabas, Quezon, Philippines
  St. Michael's Church, Berlin, Germany
  St. Michael's Jesuit church, Munich, Germany
  St. Michael's Cathedral, Belgrade in Belgrade, Serbia
  Cathedral of St. Michael the Archangel in Gamu, Isabela, Philippines
  Mission San Miguel Arcángel, San Miguel, California, United States, one of the California Missions
  St Michael at the North Gate, Oxford, UK
caption: The Mont-Saint-Michel in Normandy, France
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