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(Jesuitenkirche St. Michael)

Sankt Michael

Erzengel, der Feldherr der Armee Gottes. Er wird oft dargestellt, wie er Satan – der als Drache dargestellt wird – tötet, und er trägt ein Schild mit der Aufschrift quis ut deus (Wer ist wie Gott?, eine wörtliche Übersetzung des Namens Michael).
Archangel, the field commander of the Army of God. He is often depicted slaying Satan represented as a dragon, and with a shield with text quis ut deus (Who is like God?, a literal translation of the name Michael).
(Wikipedia)

1677 ?

Beschreibung / Description

Statue above the entrance of the St. Michael's church.

Beschriftung(en) / Inscription(s)

deo
Et Divo
Michaeli
Archangelo
Sacrvm
Ao 1677

Saint Michael and the dragon

The motif of Michael and the dragon appears in Michael's fight with Samael in the Assumption of Moses, a Jewish apocryphal work.
The characteristic difference with the other dragonslayer saint George is that Michael as an angel is always depicted with wings.

Stichworte / Tags

Town: Passau
Kreis: Stadt Passau
Land: Bayern
Country: Germany
Michael, St.
Portal

Lage / Location (N 48°34'25" - E 13°28'10") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: deby134; Photograph: 16 February 2011
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