Saint Michael 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- ...

originally refers to the archangel Michael, who appears in the Bible as a heavenly being. Saint Michael or Saint Michaels may also refer to:

Saints

Michael Maleinos Saint Michael Maleinos (, –12 July 961) was a Byzantine Empire, Byzantine monk who commanded great respect among Christians of Asia Minor. He was the brother of general Constantine Maleinos and uncle of Nikephoros II, Nikephoros Phokas, who ...

(–963), Byzantine monk

Eastern Orthodox

Boris I of Bulgaria Boris I (also ''Bogoris''), venerated as Saint Boris I (Mihail) the Baptizer (, ; died 2 May 907), was the ruler (knyaz) of the First Bulgarian Empire from 852 to 889. Despite a number of military setbacks, the reign of Boris I was marked wit ...

(died 907), baptised as Michael, ''knyaz'' of Bulgaria from 852 to 889 * Michael I of Kiev (died 992), first metropolitan of Kiev and All Russia *

Michael of Chernigov Mikhail Vsevolodovich ( – 20 September 1246), known as Michael or Mikhail of Chernigov, was Grand Prince of Kiev (1236–1239; 1241–1243); he was also Prince of Pereyaslavl (1206), Novgorod-Seversk (1219–1226), Chernigov (1223–1235; 1242� ...

(–1246), Russian prince of various principalities, including being Grand Prince of Kiev, and martyr *

Mikhail of Tver Mikhail Yaroslavich (; 1271 – 22 November 1318) was Prince of Tver from 1285 and Grand Prince of Vladimir from 1304 to 1314 and again from 1315 until his death in 1318. He was Russian Orthodox Church#Canonization, canonized and counted amo ...

(1271–1318), Grand Prince of Vladimir * Michael of Klopsk (died ), Russian monk

Roman Catholic

* Michael de Sanctis (1591–1625), Spanish Trinitarian *

Michel Garicoïts Michel Garicoïts (15 April 1797 – 14 May 1863) was a French Basque Roman Catholic priest and the founder of the Congregation of the Sacred Heart of Jesus of Bétharram. He combated Jansenism in his parish due to the threat that it posed ...

(1797–1863), French Basque founder of the Society of Priests of the Sacred Heart of Betharram *

Michael Hồ Đình Hy Michael Hồ Đình Hy ( 胡廷僖; 1808– 22 May 1857) was a Vietnamese mandarin official who was martyred for his Roman Catholic belief during the persecutions by Emperor Tự Đức. He was canonized in 1988 along with another 116 Vietnamese ...

(1808–1857), Vietnamese martyr *

Michał Kozal Michał Kozal (27 September 1893 – 26 January 1943) was a Polish Roman Catholic bishop. Kozal was noted for his intelligence and dedication to studies and studied to become a priest during World War I, which disrupted his studies but did not p ...

(1893–1943), Polish bishop and martyr *

Michał Sopoćko Michael Sopoćko ( ; 1 November 1888 – 15 February 1975) was a Polish Catholic priest and professor at Vilnius University. He is best known as the spiritual director of Faustina Kowalska. He was beatified by Pope Benedict XVI in 2008. Life So ...

(1888–1975), Polish confessor of Faustina Kowalska and ''Apostle of Divine Mercy''

Organisations

Order of Saint Michael The Order of Saint Michael () is a French dynastic order of chivalry, founded by King Louis XI of France on 1 August 1469, in response to the Order of the Golden Fleece founded by Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, Louis' chief competitor fo ...

, a French chivalric order *

Order of Saint Michael (Bavaria) The Order of Saint Michael (), later Order of Merit of Saint Michael (), was founded on September 29, 1693 by Joseph Clemens of Bavaria, then Archbishop-Elector of Cologne, as a military order. Its full name was Most Illustrious Military Order ...

, a Bavarian chivalric order *

Order of St Michael and St George The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George is a British order of chivalry founded on 28 April 1818 by George, Prince of Wales (the future King George IV), while he was acting as prince regent for his father, King George III ...

, a British chivalric order *

Pilgrims of Saint Michael The Pilgrims of St. Michael (the "white berets") is a Roman Catholic organization in Canada that promotes social credit economic theories in Canada and other countries. See also *''Ralliement créditiste'' *Canadian social credit movement ...

, a Roman Catholic organization in Canada

Places

United Kingdom

Settlements

Barford St Michael Barford St Michael is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Barford St. John and St. Michael, in the Cherwell district, in the county of Oxfordshire, England. It is on the south bank of the River Swere, about south of Banb ...

, Oxfordshire *

Creech St Michael Creech St Michael is a village and civil parish in Somerset, three miles east of Taunton. The parish straddles the M5 motorway and includes several scattered settlements. The village of Creech St Michael and the hamlets of Charlton, Creech Heath ...

, Somerset *

Gussage St Michael Gussage Saint Michael is a small village in Dorset, in the south of England. At the 2001 census, the village had a population of 219. Gussage St Michael is tucked off the main A354 as it runs through the Cranborne Chase, ten miles from Blandf ...

, Dorset *

Kington St Michael Kington St Michael is a village and Civil parishes in England, civil parish about north of Chippenham in Wiltshire, England. Location Kington St Michael is about west of the A350 road, A350 which links Chippenham with junction 17 of the M4 mo ...

, Chippenham, Wiltshire *

Ormesby St Michael Ormesby St Michael is a small village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is situated some north-west of the town of Great Yarmouth and east of the city of Norwich. Nearby are Ormesby Broad and Ormesby Little Broad, both p ...

, Norfolk *

Seavington St Michael Seavington St Michael is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England. It is situated next to the village of Seavington St Mary, about east of Ilminster. It lies in a hollow within a larger area of low-lying hills and valleys running broadly ...

, Somerset *

St Michael Caerhays St Michael Caerhays () is a civil parish and village in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The village is about south-southwest of St Austell. The population as of the 2011 census was 96 St Michael Caerhays lies within the Cornwall Area of Out ...

, Cornwall *

St Michael Penkevil St Michael Penkivel (), sometimes spelt ''St Michael Penkevil'', is a civil parishes in England, civil parish and village in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is in the valley of the River Fal about three miles (5 km) southeast of Tru ...

, Cornwall *

St Michael's Hamlet St Michael's Hamlet, also known as St Michael-in-the-Hamlet or simply St Michael's, is a suburb of Liverpool, Merseyside, England and a Liverpool City Council Ward. It is located to the south of the city, bordered by Dingle, Aigburth and Mos ...

, Merseyside **

St Michaels railway station St Michaels railway station is a railway station in St Michael's Hamlet, Liverpool, England, on the Northern Line of the Merseyrail suburban system. It is situated near, but not on St Michael's Road, Aigburth, a short distance to the south o ...

St Michael's on Wyre St Michael's on Wyre is a village on the Fylde, in the Borough of Wyre, in Lancashire, England; it lies on the River Wyre. The village is centred on the church of St Michael, which was founded before 640 AD. It is in the civil parish of ...

, Lancashire *

St Michaels, Kent St Michaels is a village in the civil parish of Tenterden, in the Ashford district, in the county of Kent Kent is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South East England. It is bordered by Essex across the Thames Estuary ...

Stoke St Michael Stoke St Michael is a village and civil parish on the Mendip Hills north east of Shepton Mallet, and west of Frome, in the county of Somerset, England. History Since the 14th century the village has also been known as Stoke Lane, although t ...

, Somerset

Other places

* St. Michael's, Coventry, an electoral ward in Coventry, West Midlands *

St Michael's (Liverpool ward) St. Michaels ward is an electoral district of Liverpool City Council centred on the St Michael's district of Liverpool and within the Liverpool Riverside Parliamentary constituency. Background The ward was created in 1953 and its boundaries ...

, a Liverpool City Council ward *

St Michael's Isle St Michael's Isle ( or ), more commonly referred to as Fort Island, is an island in Malew parish in the Isle of Man, noted for its attractive ruins. It covers an area of , is about long from west to east, and is connected to the Langness Peni ...

, Isle of Man * St Michael's, Manchester *

St Michael's Mount St Michael's Mount (, meaning "Hoarfrost, hoar rock in woodland") is a tidal island in Mount's Bay near Penzance, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The island is a Civil parishes in England, civil parish and is linked to the town of Marazion ...

, an island in Cornwall *

St Michael's Street, Oxford St Michael's Street is a street in central Oxford, England. It runs between New Inn Hall Street to the west and Cornmarket Street, Cornmarket to the east, with Ship Street, Oxford, Ship Street almost opposite. Northgate Hall is located here. ...

, a street in Oxford

United States

* St. Michael, Alaska **

St. Michael Island St. Michael Island is an island on the southeast side of the Norton Sound in Alaska. The island is about long and wide. St. Michael Island contains two settlements, St. Michael, on the island's east side, and Stebbins, on the northwest side. ...

, the island on which the city of St. Michael is located * St. Michael, Minnesota * Saint Michael, Nebraska *

Saint Michael, North Dakota Saint Michael is an Unincorporated area, unincorporated community in southeastern Benson County, North Dakota, Benson County, North Dakota, United States, on the Spirit Lake Reservation, Spirit Lake Dakota Reservation. It lies along North Dakota ...

* St. Michael-Sidman, Pennsylvania * St. Michaels, Arizona *

Saint Michaels, Maryland Saint Michaels, also known as St. Michaels, is a town in Talbot County, Maryland, Talbot County, Maryland, United States. The population was 1,094 at th2023 World Population Review Growing at a rate of 1.3% annually, its population hit a peak wi ...

Saint Michaels, Wisconsin Farmington is a town in Washington County, Wisconsin, Washington County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 3,239 at the 2000 census. The unincorporated communities of Boltonville, Wisconsin, Boltonville, Cheeseville, Fillmore, Wiscons ...

* St. Michael, US Virgin Islands

Elsewhere

Mont-Saint-Michel Mont-Saint-Michel (; Norman: ''Mont Saint Miché''; ) is a tidal island and mainland commune in Normandy, France. The island lies approximately off France's north-western coast, at the mouth of the Couesnon River near Avranches and is in ...

(Saint Michael's Mount, Normandy, France) * Saint Michael, Austria, a village in

lower Austria Lower Austria ( , , abbreviated LA or NÖ) is one of the nine states of Austria, located in the northeastern corner of the country. Major cities are Amstetten, Lower Austria, Amstetten, Krems an der Donau, Wiener Neustadt and Sankt Pölten, which ...

Saint Michael, Barbados The parish of St. Michael is one of eleven parishes of Barbados. It has a land area of and is found at the southwest portion of the island. Saint Michael has survived by name as one of the original six parishes created in 1629 by Governor Sir Wil ...

* St. Michael's Cave, Gibraltar * St. Michaels, County Cork, a civil parish of Ireland * St. Michaels, County Kildare, a civil parish of Ireland * St. Michaels, County Wexford, a civil parish of Ireland *

St Michael's-on-sea St Michael's-on-Sea (popularly known as St Michael's or St Mikes) is a small coastal village located on the South Coast of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, between Uvongo and Shelly Beach. Geography St Micheal's-on-Sea is situated at the mouth ...

, a seaside village in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa * St Michaels, a suburb of Brackenfell, South Africa *

St. Michael, Alberta St. Michael is a hamlet (place), hamlet in central Alberta, Canada within Lamont County. It is located north of Alberta Highway 29, Highway 29, approximately northeast of Fort Saskatchewan. Demographics St. Michael recorded a population o ...

, a hamlet in Alberta, Canada * St Michael's, common English name for

São Miguel Island São Miguel Island (; ), nicknamed "The Green Island" (), is the largest and most populous island in the Portugal, Portuguese archipelago of the Azores. The island covers and has around 140,000 inhabitants, with 45,000 people residing in Ponta D ...

, Azores

Churches

* Cathedral of Saint Michael (disambiguation) *

St. Michael's Church (disambiguation) St. Michael's Church are churches generally named after Michael (archangel), Michael the Archangel, and include: Albania * Basilica of Saint Michael, Arapaj * Church of St. Michael (Berat) * St. Michael's Church, Menshat * St. Michael Church, ...

St. Michael's Episcopal Church (disambiguation) St. Michael's Episcopal Church, or variants thereof, may refer to: United States * St. Michael's Episcopal Church (Anaheim, California) * St. Michael's Church (Manhattan), New York City, listed on the National Register of Historic Places * St. Mi ...

* San Miguel Cathedral (disambiguation) *

St Michael's Abbey, Farnborough Saint Michael's Abbey (French: ''Abbaye Saint-Michel'') is a Benedictine abbey in Farnborough, Hampshire, England. The small community is known for its liturgy (which is sung in Latin and Gregorian chant), its pipe organ, and its liturgical publ ...

, Hampshire, UK * St Michael at Germia, Byzantine shrine in Turkey *

Saint Michael's Basilica, Bordeaux The Basilica of St Michael (Basilique Saint-Michel, in French), is a Flamboyant Gothic church in Bordeaux, France. In 1998, UNESCO designated the Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France as a World Heritage Site, including the three main chur ...

, France * St. Michael's Basilica, Miramichi, Chatham, New Brunswick, Canada * St. Michael's Cathedral Basilica, Toronto, Ontario, Canada * St. Michael Chapel, Košice, Slovakia * St Michael's Chapel, a ruined chapel, Faslane, Scotland *

St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery The St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery is a monastery in Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine, dedicated to Saint Michael the Archangel. It is located on the edge of the bank of the Dnipro river, to the northeast of the St Sophia Cathedral. The s ...

, Kiev, Ukraine * Saint Michael Parish, Denmark *

Mount Saint Michael Mount Saint Michael (''known colloquially as "The Mount"'') is a former seminary, school, farm and retreat for the Jesuit order of the Roman Catholic Church in Spokane, Washington. It was later sold to Congregation of Mary Immaculate Queen (C ...

, a Catholic church establishment in Spokane, Washington, United States

Other structures

Fort Saint Michael Fort Saint Michael () was a small fort in the land front of the city of Senglea, Malta. It was originally built in the 1552 and played a significant role in the Great Siege of Malta of 1565. Following the siege, it was rebuilt as Saint Michael Ca ...

, Malta *

Saint Michael's Castle Saint Michael's Castle (, ''Mikhailovsky zamok''), also called the Mikhailovsky Castle or the Engineers' Castle (, ''Inzhenerny zamok''), is a former royal residence in the historic centre of Saint Petersburg, Russia. Saint Michael's Castle wa ...

, a former royal residence, St. Petersburg, Russia * St. Michael's Hospital (disambiguation) * Saint Michael's Bus Terminal, a bus terminal in Whampoa, Singapore

Education

* St. Michael Academy (disambiguation) * St. Michael's College (disambiguation) * St. Michael's School (disambiguation) * St. Michael's Institution, Ipoh, Malaysia *

St. Michaels University School St. Michaels University School (abbreviated SMUS) is an independent day and boarding school in the municipality of Saanich, the largest and most populous municipality in the Capital Regional District and on Vancouver Island. Previous headmasters i ...

, Victoria, Canada *

Institution Saint-Michel Institution Saint Michael in the Catholic Church, Saint Michel: Collège and Lycée () is a Catholic Church, Catholic secondary school with Boarding school, boarding facilities located in Solesmes, Nord, Solesmes (Picard language, Picard: ''Solinm ...

, Solesmes, France

Sports

* Boldmere St. Michaels F.C., England * St. Michael's A.F.C., a junior association football club in Tipperary, Ireland * St. Michael's Buzzers, a Tier II Junior "A" ice hockey team from Toronto, Ontario, Canada * St Michael's GAA (disambiguation), several Gaelic games clubs * Mississauga St. Michael's Majors, an Ontario Hockey League (Canada) team that moved to Mississauga from Toronto in 2007 * Toronto St. Michael's Majors, an OHA/OHL team that had been in Toronto, Canada, for 100 years * St. Michael's College School Arena, Toronto, Canada

Other

* ''St. Michael the Archangel'' (catamaran), a pre-modern Western multi-hull ship * ''Saint Michael'' (Giordano), a painting of c. 1633 * ''Saint Michael'' (Raphael), a painting of 1504 *

St Michael (brand) St Michael was a brand owned and used by British retailer Marks & Spencer between 1927 and 2000. History In 1875, the firm of N. Corah and Sons of Leicester Leicester ( ) is a city status in the United Kingdom, city, Unitary authoritie ...

, a former brand of the British retailer Marks & Spencer