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< A stained glass image of Saint Michael the Archangel
Feast day: September 29th
Patron of grocers, mariners, paratroopers, police, and sickness
The name Michael signifies "Who is like to God?" and was the war cry of the good angels in the battle fought in heaven against Satan and his followers. Holy Scripture describes St. Michael as "one of the chief princes," and leader of the forces of heaven in their triumph over the powers of hell. He has been especially honoured and invoked as patron and protector by the Church from the time of the Apostles. Although he is always called "the Archangel," the Greek Fathers and many others place him over all the angels - as Prince of the Seraphim. St. Michael is the patron of grocers, mariners, paratroopers, police and sickness.
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Saint Edmund the Martyr
< An image of Saint Edmund the Martyr. The smaller images depict
stages of his life, especially when he was tortured and when he died.
Feast day: November 20th
St. Edmund was the martyred king of the East Angles. He was elected king in 855AD at the age of fourteen and began ruling Suffolk, England, the following year. In 869 or 870, the Danes invaded Edmund’s realm, and he was captured at Hone, in Suffolk. After extreme torture, Edmund was beheaded and died calling upon Jesus. His shrine brought about the town of Bury St. Edmund's. He is depicted as crowned and robed as a monarch, holding a sceptre, orb, arrows, or a quiver.
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