Saint Raphael

Raphael, St

Raphael, St, archangel. In Tobit and I Enoch he is one of the seven archangels who stand in the presence of God. In Tobit (12: 15) he presents the prayers of holy men before God; in I Enoch (10: 7) he is said to have ‘healed’ the earth when it was defiled by the sins of the fallen angels. Feast day, previously 24 Oct.; in 1969 combined with St Michael on 29 Sept.

In the C of E the Guild of St Raphael was founded in 1915 to restore the Ministry of Healing as a normal function of the Church.

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St Raphaël

St Raphaël See aperitif wines.

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