Also known as Azariah ,Angel of Love, Angel of Joy

Memorial 29 September formerly 24 October

Profile Archangel. One of the three angels mentioned by name in Scripture, 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. Traditionally considered the force behind the healing power of the sheep pool mentioned in John 5:1-4.

Born wasn't Died hasn't

Name Meaning God has healed or Healer of God

Patronage against bodily ills, against eye disease, against eye problems, against insanity ,against mental illness ,against nightmares, against sickness ,apothecaries ,blind people ,doctors ,druggists ,Dubuque, Iowa, archdiocese of, guardian angels, happy meetings, love ,lovers, mentally ill people, nurses ,pharmacists, physicians ,Seattle, Washington, archdiocese of shepherdesses, shepherds ,sick people ,travellers, young people

Representation angel holding a bottle or flask angel walking with Tobias, archangel young man carrying a fish ,young man carrying a staff

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