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John, the Romish church taught at an early period that Michael was employed, in command of the loyal angels of God, to overthrow and consign to the pit of perdition Lucifer and his rebellious a ociates a legend which was at length embalmed in the sublimest poetry by Milton. Sometimes Michael is represented as the sole archangel, sometimes as only the head of a fraternity of archangels, which includes likewise Gabriel, Raphael, and some others. He is usually represented in coat-armour, with a glory round his head, and a dart in his hand, trampling on the fallen Lucifer. He has even been furnished, like the human warriors of the var middle ages, with a heraldic ensign-namely, a banner hanging from a cro . We obtain a curious idea of the religious notions of those ages when we learn that the red-velvet-covered buckler worn by Michael in his war with Lucifer used to be shewn in a church in Normandy down to 1607, when the bishop of Avranches at length forbade its being any longer exhibited. Chambers's Book of Days , II. 388. Michael I. Rhangabe or Rhagabe. Died about 845. Byzantine emperor 811-813. He was the son of one of the high functionaries at court, and was made master of the palace by Nicephorus I., whose daughter Procopia he married. He succeeded his wife's brother Stauracius. He was deposed by Leo V., and retired to a convent. IMG:content-0777.png:[blocks in formation] Michael IV., surnamed "The Paphlagonian." Byzantine emperor 1034-41. He was a younger brother of John the Eunuch, prime minister under Const an tine IX. and Roman us III. He became chamberlain to Zoe, wife of Roman us III., who in 1034 poisoned her husband in order to marry Michael. He was a man of weak character, and was a mere instrument in the hands of his Michael V. Calaphates ('the Calker'). Byzantine emperor 1041-42, nephew of Michael IV. He banished his uncle John the Eunuch, which led to an insurrection at Constantinople. He was dethroned, and spent the rest of his life in a convent. Michael VI., surnamed "The Warrior." Byzantine emperor 1056-57. He was appointed by the empre The odor a as her succe or on account of his military virtues. He was, however, old and feeble, and was deposed by Isaac Comnenus. He was allowed to retire to a convent. Michael VII. Ducas or Para pin aces. Byzantine emperor 1071-78, son of Const an tine XI. Michael VIII. Palæologus. Born 1234: died in Dec., 1282. Byzantine emperor 1261-82, grandson (through his mother Irene Angela) of the Byzantine emperor Alexius Angelus. He became commander of the French mercenaries in the service of the Emperor of Nicæa, and in 1259 became, with the patri arch Arsenius, guardian of the emperor John Lascar is. He caused himself to be proclaimed joint emperor of Nicæa in 1260. In 1261 he conquered Constantinople from the Latins, thus restoring the Byzantine empire, of which he was crowned emperor in the same year. He deposed and blinded John Lascar is in 1261. Michael IX. Palæologus. Died 1320. Byzantine emperor 1295-1320, son and a ociate of Andronicus II. who outlived him. Michael. Czar of Ru ia 1613-45. He was the founder of the Roman off dynasty. Michael. Born Oct. 25, 1832. Grand Duke of Ru ia, fourth son of the czar Nicholas. Michael. A bark of 25 tons, one of the ships of Frobisher's first expedition. It early abandoned the other ship, the Gabriel, and returned to England. Michael, Archangel. A celebrated painting by Guido Reni, in Santa Maria dei Cappuccini, Rome. The saint, because of his beauty of face and form often called "the Catholic Apollo," is in the act of enchaining Lucifer. The color is vigorous and good. Michael, Order of Saint. An order instituted in France by Louis XI., Aug. 1, 1469. Michael Angelo. See Michelangelo . Michael Obrenovitch (ō-bren'ō-vich), Prince of Servia. Born at Kragujevatz, Servia, Sept. 4, 1825: murdered near Belgrad, June 10, 1868. A younger son of Milosh. He reigned 1839–42 and 1860-68. Michelangelo sailles, March 7, 1746: died in Madagascar, Nov. 13, 1802. A French botanist and traveler in Asia and America. He wrote a "His to ire des chênes de l'Amérique Septentrion ale" (1801), "Flora Boreali-American a" (1803), etc. Michaux, François André. Born at Versailles, France, 1770: died near Pontoise, France, 1855. A French botanist, son of André Michaux. He wrote "His to ire des arbres forest i ers de l'Amérique Septentrion ale" (1810-13), etc. Miche game a. See Illinois . Michel (mich'el), or Cousin Michel. A humorous personification of the German nation, as John Bull is of the English. Michel (mich'el) of North gate, Dan. A brother of the cloister of St. Austin at Canterbury. He is noted as having completed in 1340 a translation of "La som me des vices et des vertus," known as "The Ayenbite of Inwyt" (which see). Michel (mē-shel'), Francis que Xavier. Born at Lyons, Feb. 18, 1809: died at Paris, May 21, 1887. A French archæologist, philologist, and historian, profe or at Bordeaux. Michel (me-shel'), Louise. Born 1839. A French anarchist. She opened a school in the Quartier Montmartre, Paris, in 1860. In 1871 she took part in the uprising of the Commune, and for this was sentenced in the same year to deportation for life to New Caledonia. She was released by the amnesty of 1880, and returned to Paris, where she became prominent as an agitator of anarchism. In 1883 she was sentenced to six years' imprisonment for inciting the poor to plunder the bakers' shops. She refused to ac London. cept a pardon in 1885. She is at present (1901) living in Michelangelo (mi-kel-an'je-lō; It. pron. mekel-än'je-lō) (Miche lag nolo Buonarroti). Born at Caprese, March 6, 1475: died at Rome, Feb. 18,1564. A famous Italian sculptor, painter, architect, and poet. He came of an ancient but poor Florentine family. He was apprenticed to the painter Ghirlandajo April 1, 1488, and with other boys from the atelier began soon after to study the antique marbles collected by Lorenzo de' Medici in the garden of San Marco. Lorenzo discovered him there, and in 1489 took him into his palace, where he had every opportunity for improvement and study. The Centaur relief in the Casa Buonarroti was made at this time, at the suggestion of Angelo Poliziano. In 1491 he came under the influence of Savonarola, whom he always held in great reverence. In 1492 Lorenzo died, and Michelangelo's intimate relations with the Medici family terminated. In 1493 he made a large wooden crucifix for the prior of S. Spirito, and with the a istance of the prior began the profound study of anatomy in which he delighted. Before the expulsion of the Medici he fled to Bologna, where he was soon engaged upon the Arca di San Domenico begun by Niccolo Pisano in 1265, to which he added the well-known kneeling angel of Bologna. He was probably much influenced by the reliefs of Della Quercia about the door of San Petronio: two of these he afterward imitated in the Sistine Chapel. In 1495 he returned to Florence, when he is supposed to have made the San Giovannino in the Berlin Museum. From 1496 to 1501 he lived in Rome. To this period are attributed the Bacchus of the Bargello and the Cupid of the South Kensington Museum. The most important work of this time is the Pietà di San Pietro (1498). In 1501 he returned to Florence, and Sept. 13 began the great David of the Signoria, made from a block of marble abandoned by Agostino di Duccio, which was placed in position May 18, 1504. The two roundels of the Madonna and Child in Bur lington House and the Bargello were probably made then, an introduction to the New Testament (4th edition, 1788), "Supplement a" to Hebrew lexicons (1784-92), "Mosaisches Recht" (1770-71), etc. Michael mas Day. See the extract.