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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture I hadn't realised that. The original query stands though: What does "saint" mean when applied to an angel? Cheers. Rob Howe. ----- Original Message ----- From: "merum" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2003 1:49 PM Subject: Re: [M-R] Saints and angels > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture > > Gabriel and Raphael are referred to as 'Saints' in the Roman Rite. Have a > look at any _MR_, _BR_ or Roman General Calendar (since 1970, all three on > 29 Sept). > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Rob Howe (newsgroups)" <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2003 3:27 AM > Subject: [M-R] Saints and angels > > > > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture > > > > I notice that Michael the Archangel is often referred to as "saint", > whereas > > angels like Gabriel and Aphrael are never (in my knowledge anyway) called > > "saint". What kind of sainthood does this refer to? Surely by definition, > > the angels are with God, and therefore achieve a degree of saintliness (in > > the etymological meaning of the word at least). However, the word is only > > used normally after a formal procedure of canonisation. Has a Pope at some > > point canonised Michael the Archangel? > > > > If anyone can explain any of this it would be welcome. > > > > Thanks. > > > > Rob Howe > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "John Dillon" <[log in to unmask]> > > To: <[log in to unmask]> > > Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2003 4:47 AM > > Subject: Re: [M-R] saints of the day 8. May > > > > > > > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and > culture > > > > > > On Wed, 7 May 2003 17:58:30 -0700 Phyllis wrote: > > > >Today (8. May) is the feast day of: > > > > > > >The Apparition of St. Michael the Archangel. St. Michael appeared on > > Monte > > > >Gargano in southern Italy on this day, sometime in the sixth century. > > His > > > >shrine there became one of Europe's great pilgrim attractions. > > > > > > > > > > The apparition in question is variously dated; the official website of > the > > shrine at Monte Sant'Angelo on the Gargano gives 492 as the traditional > date > > but suggests 663 as more probable. See: > > http://www.gargano.it/sanmichele/english/appariz-en.htm > > > > > > For a virtual tour of the shrine, go to: > > > http://www.gargano.it/sanmichele/english/home-en.htm > > > and click on "Virtual Visit". > > > > > > The site's home page, with language options in Italian, German, or > > English, is at: > > > http://www.gargano.it/sanmichele/index.html > > > > > > Best, > > > John Dillon > > > > > > ********************************************************************** > > > To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME > > > to: [log in to unmask] > > > To send a message to the list, address it to: > > > [log in to unmask] > > > To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion > > > to: [log in to unmask] > > > In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: > > > [log in to unmask] > > > For further information, visit our web site: > > > http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html > > > > > > > ********************************************************************** > > To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME > > to: [log in to unmask] > > To send a message to the list, address it to: > > [log in to unmask] > > To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion > > to: [log in to unmask] > > In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: > > [log in to unmask] > > For further information, visit our web site: > > http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html > > > > ********************************************************************** > To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME > to: [log in to unmask] > To send a message to the list, address it to: > [log in to unmask] > To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion > to: [log in to unmask] > In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: > [log in to unmask] > For further information, visit our web site: > http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html > ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html