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Christian feast day: the Archangels Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael. One of the four quarter days in the Irish calendar. (England and Ireland). Called Michaelmas in some western liturgical traditions.
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Archangel
Second-lowest rank of angel
Archangels are the second lowest rank of angel in the Catholic hierarchy of angels, based on and put forward by Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite in the 5th or 6th century in his book De Coelesti Hierarchia.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Michael (archangel)
Angel in Abrahamic religions
Michael, also called Saint Michael the Archangel, Archangel Michael and Saint Michael the Taxiarch is an archangel and the warrior of God in Christianity, Judaism, and Islam. The earliest surviving mentions of his name are in third- and second-century BC Jewish works, often but…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Gabriel
Angel in Abrahamic religions
In the Abrahamic religions, Gabriel is an archangel with the power to announce God's will to mankind, as the messenger of God. He is mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, the New Testament and the Quran.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Raphael (archangel)
Archangel found in Abrahamic religions
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Quarter days
Four dates in each year
In British and Irish tradition, the quarter days are the four dates in each year on which servants were hired, school terms started, and rents were due. They fell on four religious festivals roughly three months apart and close to the two solstices and two equinoxes.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Irish calendar
Gregorian calendar as it is in use in Ireland
The Irish calendar is the Gregorian calendar as it is in use in Ireland, but also incorporating Irish cultural festivals and views of the division of the seasons, presumably inherited from earlier Celtic calendar traditions.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Michaelmas
Christian festival
Michaelmas is a Christian festival observed in many Western Christian liturgical calendars on 29 September, and on 8 November in the Eastern Christian traditions. Michaelmas has been one of the four quarter days of the English and Irish financial, judicial, and academic year.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
September 29
Day of the year
September 29 is the 272nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 93 days remain until the end of the year.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)