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---- John Dillon <[log in to unmask]> wrote: 
> 
> Today (29. September) is the feast day of:
> 
> 1)  Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael, archangels (still living).

I am not sure about this formulation: is "living" what archangels do? (If you call it living...)

Would "still extant" be better? Assuming they are, of course. I am a bit vague regarding the evidential basis for their continued existence - if "existence" is the right word, of course.

John Briggs

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