Saint Michel

Saint Michel (FR) Saint Michael, an archangel, chief of the heavenly host and protector of Christians, a fighter against the devil (or dragon), patron saint of France. The name Michael means »Who is like unto God?« A cult of Saint Michael began near Constantinople in the 6th century, spreading westward to Italy (Monte Gargano in Apulia), then France and England. Dedication of hilltop sites as shrines to St. Michael was very common, perhaps the most famous being Mont-Saint-Michel, in Normandy…