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September 29 Saint - English
URL: http://www.tntt.org/vni/tlieu/saints/St0929.htm

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Michael, Gabriel and Raphael are called "saints" because they are holy. But they are different from the rest of the saints because they were not human. They are angels. They are protectors of human beings and we know something about each of them from the Bible.

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St. Raphael - English
URL: http://www.smart.net/~tak/Patrons/raphael.html

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Raphael is the name given to one of the seven archangels who stand before the throne of God. He figures prominently in the book of Tobit, a dramatic tale in the Septuagint.

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Patron Saints Index: Raphael the Archangel - English
URL: http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/saintr02.htm

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Also known as Azariah; Angel of Love; Angel of Joy Memorial 29 September; formerly 24 October Profile Archangel. One of the three angels known by name, and one of the seven that stand before God's throne. Lead character in the deutero-canonical book of Tobit in which he travelled with (and guarded) Tobiah, and cured a man's blindness; hence his connection with travellers, young people, blindness, healing and healers.

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CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. Raphael the Archangel - English
URL: http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12640b.htm

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The name of this archangel (Raphael = "God has healed") does not appear in the Hebrew Scriptures, and in the Septuagint only in the Book of Tobias. Here he first appears disguised in human form as the travelling companion of the younger Tobias, calling himself "Azarias the son of the great Ananias".

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