Saints, Religious and Holy Relics

The Lives of Saints and Religious and the often mysterious veneration of Holy Relics

Ayaanle

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/ayaanle 31st Dec 2022 - In Zulu (South African) Culture, ''Ayaanle'' were a Class of ''Spirit'', most associated with The European Concept of ''Guardian Angel''. They were pe …

Israfil

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/israfil 28th Dec 2022 - Associated with Muslim Religious Beliefs, ''Israfil'' was one of four ''Archangels''. It was He who would sound the ''Trumpet'' which would usher in ' …

The Bearers of The Throne

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/the-bearers-of-the-throne 28th Dec 2022 - In ancient Islamic Religious texts, ''The Bearers of The Throne'' were akin to The Cherubs of Western Christianity. Shown in Art as three ''humanoid'' …

Darda'il

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/dardail 28th Dec 2022 - From Arabic Religious beliefs, The ''Darda'il'' were a class of Angelic Beings, responsible for roaming the World in search of ''True Believers'' in T …

The Miracle of The Crucifix of San Marcello

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/the-miracle-of-the-crucifix-of-san-marcello 26th Dec 2022 - Built in the 14th Century AD – the wooden and Gold inlaid Crucifix of The Town of San Marcello (Rome, Italy), is known for several ''miracles'' …

The Tilma of Juan Diego

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/the-tilma-of-juan-diego 26th Dec 2022 -  Perhaps one of the more unusual tales in The Western Catholic Church – with regards to the Canonization of a Saint, Juan Diego is such one …

Incorruptibles

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/incorruptibles 26th Dec 2022 -  The term ''Incorruptibility'' is applied to both Western and Eastern Rite Catholicism. It is described as the ''lack of normal decomposition of …

The Miracle of Lanciano

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/the-miracle-of-lanciano 25th Dec 2022 - In another strange piece of Religious History – The Catholic Relic known as The ''Miracle of Lanciano'' has been enduring one since the 7th Cent …

St. Augustine of Hippo

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/st-augustine-of-hippo 25th Dec 2022 - Possibly one of the greatest and well-known of Medieval theological Philosophers and Writers, Augustine was born in Numidia (Africa), in the year 354 …

Recording Angel

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/recording-angel 24th Dec 2022 - Most World Religions use the concept of a ''Recording Angel''.These Angelic Beings (of various Classes), were tasked by God to monitor and to record H …

Mu'aqqibat

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/muaqqibat 24th Dec 2022 - The Islamic Mythos of The ''Mu'aqqibat'' state that they were a Class of ''Fallen Angel'' from Paradise. However, in Islamic religious views – t …

Metatron

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/metatron 24th Dec 2022 - Found in Judaic and Kabbalic Beliefs, ''Metatron'' was described as The ''Angel of The Veil'' and Chief Scribe among The Angelic Thrones. Even such, M …