01 Work, Interpretation of the bible, Master of Alcira's Saint Michael the Archangel, with Footnotes #193

ARCHANGEL MICHAEL, is an archangel in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. In Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Anglican, and Lutheran traditions, he is called "Saint Michael the Archangel" and "Saint Michael". In the Oriental Orthodox and Eastern Orthodox traditions, he is called "Taxiarch Archangel Michael" or simply "Archangel Michael".

Master of Alcira

San Miguel Arcangel, around 1530

Oil on board

height: 134cm; width: 66cm

Museum of Fine Arts of Valencia 

Michael is mentioned three times in the Book of Daniel, once as a "great prince who stands up for the children of your people". The idea that Michael was the advocate of the Jews became so prevalent that, in spite of the rabbinical prohibition against appealing to angels as intermediaries between God and his people, Michael came to occupy a certain place in the Jewish liturgy.

In the New Testament Michael leads God's armies against Satan's forces in the Book of Revelation, where during the war in heaven he defeats Satan. In the Epistle of Jude Michael is specifically referred to as "the archangel Michael". Christian sanctuaries to Michael appeared in the 4th century, when he was first seen as a healing angel, and then over time as a protector and the leader of the army of God against the forces of evil. By the 6th century, devotions to Archangel Michael were widespread both in the Eastern and Western Churches. Over time, teachings on Michael began to vary among Christian denominations. More Archangel Michael

Master of Alcira, Maestro de Alcira, was an anonymous painter active in the Valencian Community in the second quarter of the 16th century

Artistic personality created by Chandler R. Post , owes his name to an altarpiece that was found in the church of San Agustín de Alcira, damaged and dismembered in the Civil War, with which some other works such as the tables from the Allegory of Human Passions from the Museum of Fine Arts in Budapest, or the Expletives from the Diocesan Museum of Valencia. More on Master of Alcira

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