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Raphael
World Encyclopedia | Date: 2005
Raphael (1483–1520) Biblical archangel who, with
Michael,
Gabriel, and Uriel, serves as a messenger of God. According to passages in the apocryphal Book of Tobit and the pseudigraphical Second Book of Enoch, he is one of the seven holy angels who present the prayers of the saints to God.
© World Encyclopedia 2005, originally published by Oxford University Press 2005.
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