Jegudiel

Jehudiel (Hebrew יהודיאל " glory and praise of God " ) is a name of a group of seven archangels of the historic Christian faith idea. The three biblical angels Gabriel, Michael and Raphael, as well as the apocryphal Uriel were asked in the early Middle Ages, primarily in the tradition of the Byzantine Orthodox Churches three other names of angels aside, Barachiel Jehudiel and Sealtiel. A ceremony of Uriel and the latter three sat in the teaching of Western churches not, although it is to find a group of seven names of the Archangels with Jehudiel occasionally also there in the folk beliefs of the Middle Ages and again in the Baroque.

History of the angels name

In the written between 130 BC and 68 AD Book of Enoch seven holy angels who watch always be called. This resulted in Christian circles to discuss the seven names of archangels. In the 15th century the monk Amadeus Menez de Silva described († 1482 ) his concept of seven Archangels, in which he identifies as a Jehudiel.

The angel Jehudiel name is also found in the Church Slavonic writing Jegudiel and also as Jhudiel.

Iconography

In Christian iconography Jehudiel is often depicted with his attribute of a crown, which he holds in his hands or with a three - tailed whip.

Representations in art

Orthodox churches

In the iconography of the Orthodox Church Barachiel is still shown as one of the seven archangels.

Western churches

As a motif in familiar Western images of religious art Jehudiel is very rare to find. After the beginning of the 16th century, a depiction of the seven angels was rediscovered on an ancient fresco in the church Sette Angeli in Palermo, Jehudiel came as one of the Seven willing to fight as a popular motif of Western art. However, such representations were soon repainted at the insistence of ecclesiastical authorities. In paintings and figures of the Baroque period Jehudiel is now and again to find eg on Empor images in the parish church Mattsies. A special feature is probably the Jehudiel from a series of Master Calamarca from Bolivia of approximately in 1750.