Jehudiel

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Council of Angels (Ангелскй Собор) . Russian icon of the seven archangels (from left to right: Jehudiel, Gabriel, Sealtiel, Michael, Uriel, Raphael, Barachiel, gathered around Christ Emmanuel), 18th century.
Russian icon of the Archangel Jegudiel, 19th century. Century

Jehudiel (Hebrew יהודיאל "Glory and Praise to God") is one of seven archangels named by name in apocryphal scriptures . In addition to the angels Gabriel , Michael , Raphael and Uriel , three other archangels were named in the early Middle Ages, especially in the tradition of the Byzantine Orthodox churches , Barachiel , Jehudiel and Sealtiel . The veneration of Uriel and the angels Barachiel, Jehudiel and Sealtiel did not establish itself permanently in the Western Church , although there is evidence of the veneration of seven archangels in the Middle Ages and again in the Baroque.

In the period between 130 BC The book of Enoch, which was written in AD 68 and AD , is called "seven holy angels who watch at all times". In the 15th century, the monk Amadeus Menez de Silva († 1482) described seven archangels, one of whom he called Jehudiel . The name Jehudiel can also be found in the Church Slavonic spelling Jegudiel and also as Jhudiel .

iconography

In Christian iconography , the archangel is often depicted with his attribute , a crown that he holds in his hands or a three-tailed whip.

Jehudiel is rarely found in the iconography of the Western Church. After a representation of the same was rediscovered on an old fresco in the church of Sette Angeli in Palermo, which was consecrated to the seven (arch) angels, at the beginning of the 16th century, such representations also reappeared in western church iconography. However, they were soon painted over at the urging of church authorities. In the iconography of the Baroque period , Jehudiel can be found again and again, e.g. B. on gallery pictures in the parish church Mattsies or a series of the master of Calamarca from Bolivia from approx. 1750.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ cf. Davidson, Gustav. A Dictionary of Angels, including the Fallen Angels. New York: The Free Press, 1967
  2. ↑ Angel. In: J. Schäfer: Ökumenisches Heiligenlexikon, 2008 - www.heiligenlexikon.de (accessed January 2010)
  3. ↑ A. Hoffmann (ed.): The apocalyptic of the older time among Jews and Christians. Volume One - The Book of Enoch. Jena, Croeker'sche Buchhandlung 1833, chap. 20.1
  4. ↑ Roeder, Helen. Saints and Their Attributes. Chicago: Henry Regency Company, 1956
  5. ↑ Archangel. In: The large art dictionary by PW Hartmann, www.beyars.com (accessed January 2010)

literature

  • A. Urban: Lexicon of Angels - Names, History, Interpretation. Paderborn, Voltmedia 2005

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