07 Works, Today, March 24th, is St. Gabriel the Archangel’s Day, With Footnotes — #82
1 min readMar 24, 2020
St. Gabriel the Archangel, c. 1501
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Collegiate church Santa Maria Maggiore
Gabriel, in the Abrahamic religions, is an archangel. He was first described in the Hebrew Bible and was subsequently adopted by other traditions.
In the Hebrew Bible, Gabriel appears to the prophet Daniel to explain his visions. The archangel appears in such other ancient Jewish writings as the Book of Enoch. Alongside archangel Michael, Gabriel is described as the guardian angel of Israel, defending this people against the angels of the other nations…