“HOW beautiful art thou, O Michael, in thy heaven made armour, giving glory to the God, Whose enemy thou overcamest! Thine humble and fervent eye is fixed on the throne of the Jehovah, Whose rights thou defendedst, and Who gave thee the victory. Thy sublime cry: “Who is like unto God?” roused the faithful legions, and became thy name and thy crown. It will remind us, for all eternity, of thy fidelity to our Creator, and thy triumph over the dragon. Meanwhile, we enjoy thy loving protection; we are thy happy clients.”
— Dom Prosper Guéranger, “The Feast of the Apparition of St. Michael the Archangel“
The sanctuary of St. Michael on Mount Gargano in Apulia, Italy [pictured above] first became a site of veneration of the archangel in the fifth century, following the famous apparition of the saint there and many miracles attributed to him.
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