Angels and Ministers of Grace

14 pages in this part of The Magic of Jewels and Charms.

THE veneration of angels and the attribution to them of especial days or months, as well as the idea that they were guardians of those born…

The danger that the worshipping of angels might lead Christians away from the Church into magic practices and beliefs was clearly…

Good Angels Bad Angels Michael Leviathan, pride Gabriel Mammon, avarice Raphael Asmodeus, lechery Uriel Beelzebub, envy Euchudiel…

Sh'efiel, "Balm of God" Presiding over Nisan (April) Ragael, "Balance of God" Presiding over Ayyar (May) Didanor, "Our Light" Presiding…

ITEM DEPOSITIO MARTIRUM VIII kal. Jan. natus Christum in Betleem Judeae. mense Januario. XIII kal. Feb. Fabiani in Callisti et Sebastiani…

XI kal. Septemb. Timotei, Ostense V kal. Sept. Hermetis in Basillae Salaria uetere. mense Septembre. non. Sept. Aconti, in Porto, et Nonni…

The shrine of St. Anne de Beaupre may be seen in the Basilica of Beaupre, about 20 miles distant from Quebec. It stands on the site of a…

St. Apollonia of Alexandria (February 9) is said to cure toothache and all diseases of the teeth, the reason for this being that at her…

It is related by Metaphrastus that when St. George was condemned to death by burning, his executioners (fearing that the flames of the pyre…

The legend of the royal princess who was canonized by the Church as St. Enimie (d. 628 or 630 A.D.) contains an account of a miraculous…

A notable instance of the use of a saint's name to facilitate the perpetration of a crime is afforded in the case of the poison known as…

February 14. St. Valentine's Day: On St. Valentine's day Cast beans in clay But on St. Chad Sow good or bad. (Seed time of this Lenten crop…

Saints' Days ADRIAN. September 8. As also of his wife, Natalia. Anniversary of translation of his relics to Rome; anciently his festival on…

AMBROSE. December 7. Patron of Milan. Died April 4, 397. Founder of church, now Sant' Ambrogio basilica Maggiore, Milan, in 387. One of…