The “Sword of Archangel Michael

The “Sword of Archangel Michael” at Monte Sant'Angelo in Italy—the shrine of the apparition of St Michael which occurred in 492AD. The last time it was exposed was during a plague in 1656.
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While Abp. Carlo Maria Viganò is rallying bishops and priests around the world for a communal "Exorcism against Satan and the Apostate Angels" on Holy Saturday, St. Michael is again flashing his sword as many faithful are again turning to him for protection during this time of universal strife.

Sword of St. Michael

The priests and townspeople in the Italian town of Gargano called on St. Michael the Archangel on Palm Sunday to help them in their fight against the Wuhan virus.

A famed statue of St. Michael with sword held high resides in the Sanctuary of Monte Sant'Angelo, a complex of structures built around a cave that has been a site of prayer and pilgrimage for centuries.

Usually the archangel's sword is taken out of its reliquary and carried in a procession on his feast day (September 29), but this exceptional year, while the world is being ravaged by disease, the sword was removed on Palm Sunday by the rector and processed along with the Blessed Sacrament and a relic of the Holy Cross (a gift brought back from a crusader in 1228) through the mountainous town in southeast Italy.
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