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SAINT MICHAEL THE ARCHANGEL WITH SWORD AND SHIELD

Reference: ART. 440/110S

Condition: New product

Statue of Saint Michael the Archangel with sword and shield, 110 cm of fiberglass, handmade in Italy.

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Time of realization about 30/40 days

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Fiberglass statue, internally empty and very light. It is suitable to be carried during the processions. The manufacturing is entirely manual. When the two parts are linked, there is the finishing of the statue and it is perfectly smoothed, then the statue goes through the coloring section. The skilled decorators hand paint using particolar varnishes, conforming to the traditional iconography. The fiberglass is a plastic material, very resistant and humidity absorber which is used in many sectors: industry, furnitures, building of boats, airplanes, vehicles, garden swimmingpool etc.

Storia

St. Michael Archangel is commemorated on the 29th of September.

He is one of the three angels (Michael, Gabriel and Raphael) who are venerated By the Church on the 29th of September, during the liturgies. He is also one of the seven angels who stay in front of the God’s throne.

The Bible calls him “one of the first princes” and it considered him the leader of the celestial militias, in the fight against the forces of the hell.

He has been always venerated by the western and eastern Catholics.

He is illustrated as an archangel with the armor and a spear, while he is piercing a dragon or a devil.

He is considered the patron of the State Police, of the radiologists, of the grocers and of the Folgore Parachute Brigade.