Cœlestes Spiritus
Saint Raphael the Archangel
God heals
- Role
- Healer and guide
- Choir
- Archangels
- Feast
- September 29 (with Michael and Raphael)
- Status in the Church
- Named in Scripture (Tobit) · venerated as saint
In Scripture
In the book of Tobit, Raphael travels in disguise as the guide Azarias, heals Tobit’s blindness, and binds the demon Asmodeus. He reveals his name meaning “God heals.”
Tobit 3:17, 5:4–5, 12:15
Today
Patron of travelers, the blind, nurses, and physicians. Invoked for healing and safe journeys.