Continuing our series on the “Sword of St. Michael,” we will now examine various apparitions of St. Michael along the sacred line of seven monasteries that stretches from Ireland to Israel.
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According to tradition, as early as 495 AD (shortly after he appeared in Ireland), St. Michael was seen atop another significant rock jutting out from the middle of the sea. This time it was in Cornwall, a region in the southwest of Britain.
This time St. Michael was a constant protector of mariners and fishermen in the area. He would guide the sailors to safe harbor and was invoked as a patron saint of fishermen.
It is believed there was a chapel constructed here in the 5th century and a monastery as early as the 7th century. By the 11th century the governance of the monastery was given to the monks at Mount St-Michel on the northern coast of France.
There are stories of four separate miracles occurring between 1262 and 1263, which increasingly made it an important place of devotion to the Archangel.
The island is unique in that it is accessed depending on the tide. It is possible to walk to it during low tide, but can only be reached on a boat during high tide.
There is one story that has been passed down about a rock formation on the island called “St. Michael’s Chair,” from which St. Michael sits and watches over England.
To learn more about St. Michael’s Mount it is necessary to investigate the origins of Mount St-Michel and discover the miraculous origins of that historic monastery.