29 September – Saint Michael the Archangel

Sant’Apollinare in Classe
Annus Dierum Sanctorum
Michael, et Angeli eius praeliabantur cum Dracone – et proiectus est Draco ille magnus.
Michael and his angels fought with the dragon – and that great dragon was cast out.
Apocalypse 12.7, 9
Michael unus de Principibus primis.
Michael, one of the chief princes.
Daniel 10.13


Modern Angelology

Bibliotheca Sanctorum

Martyrologium Romanum

Roman Martyrology

Sanctorale Catholicum

Lives of the Saints by Alban Butler.

Lives of the Saints by Francis Weninger.

Lives of the Saints by Sabine Baring-Gould.

The Liturgical Year by Dom Guéranger.

Character Calendar

Pictorial Lives of the Saints

La vie des saints

La vie des saints

Our Birthday Bouquet Culled from the Shrines of the Saints and the Gardens of the Poets by Eleanor C. Donnelly.

Pictorial Half Hours with the Saints by Auguste François Lecanu.

Miniature Lives Of The Saints For Every Day In The Year by Henry Sebastian Bowden.

Sermons for Children’s Masses, According to the Sundays and Principal Festivals of the Year by Raphael Frassinetti.

Il libro d’oro

The Lives of Saints, with Other Feasts of the Year, According to the Roman Calendar by Peter Ribadeneira.

Tradition in Action

“St. Michael” by Frederick William Faber (also here)

Medieval Angelology

BHL, Supplement

Acta Sanctorum

The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity Database

Three Encomiums

Alcuin, Sequence for Saint Michael

Hymn to the Archangel Michael by Rabanus Maurus.

“For Saint Michael”

The Golden Legend (and illustrations)

15C Account of Vision of Saint Michael in Rome at the Castel Sant’Angelo (a summary of a scholarly presentation on the vision)

Breviarium RomanumLatin & English.

Art & Architecture

Index of Medieval Art

Catalogo generale dei beni culturali

BeWeB

Portail Biblissima

POP : la plateforme ouverte du patrimoine

Warburg Institute Iconographic Database

A Guide to Christian Iconography: Images, Symbols, and Texts

Kornbluth Photography Historical Archive – 5C to 9C; 10C to 1240; 1240 to 14C

Google Arts & Culture

Wikipedia Entry

Michaelion

Miracle of Saint Michael the Archangel in Chone in the Menologion of Basil II (about)

The Sanctuary of San Miguel in Excelsis

Santuario San Michele

Mont-Saint-Michelofficial website, Online Exhibition

12C Saint Michael Battling the Dragon

Saint Michael by Carlo Crivelli

15C Spanish Altarpiece of Saint Michael

17C Saint Michael

Saint Michael by Zurbaran

Saints and their Attributes
Saints and their Emblems

Sacred and Legendary Art volume I by Mrs. Jameson.

A Handbook of Christian Symbols and Stories of the Saints as Illustrated in Art by Clara Erskine Clement.

A Garner of Saints: Being a Collection of the Legends and Emblems Usually Represented in Art by Allen Hinds.

The Saints in Art with Their Attributes and Symbols, Alphabetically Arranged by Margaret E. Tabor.

Saints and their Symbols: A Companion in the Churches and Picture Galleries of Europe by E. A. Greene.

Emblems of Saints by Which They Are Distinguished in Works of Art by F. C. Husenbeth.

Sacred Symbols in Art by Elizabeth Edwards Goldsmith.

Music

Medieval Music Database

Cantus: A Database for Latin Ecclesiastical Chant

Charpentier “Praelium Micchaelis Archangeli factum in coelo cum dracone, H 410”

Hymns to Saint Michael in the Parochial Hymn Book

Customs & Devotions

Late Medieval French Prayers to Saint Michael

Feast Day Cookbook

Prayers to Saint Michael in the Raccolta

Hymns of the Breviary and Missal

Gate of Heaven

Chapel of Saint Michael

Meditations for the Use of the Secular Clergy by Pierre Chaignon.

Manna for the Soul: Meditations for Every Day of the Year by Paulo Segneri.

Meditations for All the Days of the Year by M. Hamon.

Goffine’s Devout Instructions on the Epistles and Gospels for the Sundays and Holydays

Heortology: A History Of The Christian Festivals From Their Origin To The Present Day by Heinrich Kellner.

The Church Seasons Historically and Poetically Illustrated by Alexander H. Grant.

Wikipedia Entry on Michaelmas