Archangel

Saint Michael the Archangel

Explore sacred places with reviewed veneration relationships to Saint Michael the Archangel.

Sacred focus

Chapel of Saint-Michel d’Aiguilhe

Haute-Loire, France

Set atop a sheer volcanic spire reached by 268 rock-cut steps, this small Romanesque chapel has drawn worship across millennia, from a prehistoric dolmen to a Roman cult...

Sacred focus

Roman Catholic Christianity

Basilica di San Michele Maggiore

Pavia, Pavia, Italy

The Basilica of San Michele Maggiore is an active Roman Catholic church in Pavia and a notable survival of Lombard Romanesque design....

Sacred focus

Christianity

Ex-Convento de San Miguel Arcángel, Maní

Maní, Yucatán, Mexico

The Ex-Convento de San Miguel Arcángel in Maní, Yucatán, is a functioning Franciscan-founded parish church and also the site of the 1562 auto de fe, when Bishop Diego de...

Sacred focus

Christianity

Church of Sant Miquel de Balansat

Sant Miquel de Balansat, Balearic Islands, Spain

The Church of Sant Miquel de Balansat is an active Roman Catholic parish dedicated to Saint Michael the Archangel....

Sacred focus

UNESCOChristianity

Rock-Hewn Churches, Lalibela

ላሊበላ / Lalibela, Amhara, Ethiopia

In the Ethiopian highlands, eleven churches descend into volcanic rock rather than rise above it....