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Michael was active in the time of Esther: "The more Haman accused Israel on earth, the more Michael defended Israel in heaven". [161] It was Michael who reminded Ahasuerus that he was Mordecai's debtor; [162] and there is a legend that Michael appeared to the high priest Hyrcanus, promising him assistance. [163]
Hallway in the headquarter of the former Military Order of Saint Michael in the Electoral Palace (now University of Bonn, Germany main building). Quis ut Deus? (or Quis sicut Deus?), a Latin sentence meaning "Who [is] like God?", is a literal translation of the name Michael (Hebrew: מִיכָאֵל, transliterated Micha'el or Mîkhā'ēl).
When the dragon fought with the Archangel Michael. The voice of a thousand thousand was heard saying: Salvation, honour and power be to almighty God. A thousand thousand ministered to him and ten hundreds of thousands stood before him. Alleluia. Variant 1: For a serpent was waging war; and Michael fought with him and emerged victorious.
Archaeological site of Pella, Greece, Alexander's birthplace. Alexander III was born in Pella, the capital of the Kingdom of Macedon, [10] on the sixth day of the ancient Greek month of Hekatombaion, which probably corresponds to 20 July 356 BC (although the exact date is uncertain).
After Alexander's forces defeated the Persians at the Battle of the Granicus, Darius took personal charge of his army, gathered a large army from the depths of the empire, and maneuvered to cut the Greek line of supply, requiring Alexander to countermarch his forces, setting the stage for the battle near the mouth of the Pinarus River and south ...
The Battle of Gaugamela (/ ˌ ɡ ɔː ɡ ə ˈ m iː l ə / GAW-gə-MEE-lə; Ancient Greek: Γαυγάμηλα, romanized: Gaugámēla, lit. 'the Camel's House'), also called the Battle of Arbela (Ἄρβηλα, Árbēla), took place in 331 BC between the forces of the Army of Macedon under Alexander the Great and the Persian Army under King Darius III.
The Syriac Alexander Legend (known in Syriac as Neṣḥānā d-Aleksandrōs; Syriac: ܢܨܚܢܐ, "The Victory of Alexander," named in the Budge edition as "A Christian Legend concerning Alexander" or the "Christian Syriac Alexander Legend" (CSAL)), [1] is a Syriac legendary account of the exploits of Alexander the Great composed in the sixth or seventh century.
Michael: Archangel. Defeated Satan. Inf. VII 11–12. Souls in Purgatory call on him to pray for them. Purg. XIII, 51. Beatrice tells Dante that Michael may be depicted in human form, but that this form is an accommodation to the limits of the human imagination. Par. IV, 47. Michal: daughter of King Saul and wife of King David.