At 10:15 30/09/96 -0400, you wrote:
>The whole idea of an angel, albeit an archangel, being venerated like a
>saint has *always* bothered me.
>
>Does anyone know when this practice began? And why is Michael the only
>angel who received such attention?
Gabriel (the angel of the Anuntiation) is also venerated as a Saint.
A good work dealing with Saint Michael is: J. YARZA, "San Miguel y la
balanza. Notas iconograficas acerca de la psicostasis y el pesaje de las
acciones morales", Boletin del Museo e Instituto Camon Aznar, VI-VII (1981),
pp. 5-36.
Can anyone tell me something about Saint Gregory Thaumaturgus?
Carlos Sastre
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