Michaelmas: The Feast Day of St Michael

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St Michael the Archangel by Peter Anton von Verschaffelt

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September 29th is Michaelmas day, the feast day of St Michael the Archangel. 

In the Book of Revelation, St Michael leads God's armies in the defeat of Satan in the war against the rebel angels. 

A beautiful bronze statue of St Michael the Archangel, the work of the Flemish sculptor Peter Anton von Verschaffelt (1710-93), crowns the Castel Sant' Angelo. 

Michaelmas was once one of the four quarter days of the financial, judicial and academic year.

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