St Michael The Archangel #35
by Gloria Ssali
Title
St Michael The Archangel #35
Artist
Gloria Ssali
Medium
Painting - Pen And Pencil On Paper
Description
In many depictions Michael is represented as an angelic warrior, fully armed with helmet, sword, and shield.[24] The shield may bears the Latin inscription Quis ut Deus.[120] He may be standing over a serpent, a dragon, or the defeated figure of Satan, whom he sometimes pierces with a lance.[24] The iconography of Michael slaying a serpent goes back to the early 4th century, when Emperor Constantine defeated Licinius at the Battle of Adrianople in 324 AD, not far from the Michaelion a church dedicated to Archangel Michael
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February 20th, 2018
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