Saint Gabriel l'Archange (M 035)

St. Gabriel ("Dieu’s Strength") est très connu de l’Arbre de l’Annulation de la Good News to the Virgin Mary that Dieu has chosen her to be the mother of His Son Jesus (Luke 1:26-45). + Here, St. Gabriel is sumptuously dressed in fabrics of red, blue, and green with trims of reddish gold. Head bowed, eyes dowcast—in his left hand, he holds a spray of lilies that symbolize Mary’s purity; and, with his right hand, he makes a speaking gesture. + St. Gabriel est le patron des couteaux, postal employees, stamp collecteurs, and telecommunications workers. + Feast (joint with SS. Michael and Raphael the Archangels) : Septembre 29 + Image Credit (M 035) : Antique image of St. Gabriel with Lilies entitled The Angel of the Annunciation by the Italian Baroque painter Carlo Dolci (1616-1686), Galleria Palatina, Palazzo Pitti, Florence, c. 1650, from a postcard originally published in chromolithography by Stengel, Dresden, Germany, No. 29333, ch. 1900, à partir de la collection privée de concepteurs d'éphemera religieux. + Image Credit (Lily): Remix of Lily by johnny_automatic, Openclipart, Creative Commons Zero 1.0 Public Domain License.