Who was St. Michael..?
It is said in the Bible that the name Michael (Mi-ka-el), originated when Lucifer (the fallen angel), compared himself with God, another angel stood before him and shouted “Who is like God?”, which in Hebrew translates as ‘Mi-ka-el’, after which he became known as Michael. In the ‘Apocalypse’ by the apostle John, it was written that a dragon with seven crowned heads and horns, and a tail that swept aside the stars, threatened the virgin Mary and her newly born child. St. Michael and his angels fought the serpent from Satan and destroyed it. (2) In France, it is said that St. Michael fought the devil (Satan, Lucifer) on Mont Dol in Brittany – which is part of an alignment with Mont St. Michel and d’Avranches. In England, tradition places the battle on Dragon Hill. St. Michael is said to have appeared to a 13 year old ‘Joan of Arc’ in 1419. (1) The spring festival of St. Michael is on the 8th May. Mercury, ‘The messenger of the Gods’, is sometimes identified with St. Michael. (2) Apep, t
