<P> The name of the angel Raphael appears in the Biblical Book of Tobit . The Book of Tobit is considered deuterocanonical by Catholics, Orthodox, and some Anglicans . Raphael first appears disguised in human form as the travelling companion of Tobit's son, Tobiah (Greek: Τωβίας / Tobias), calling himself "Azarias the son of the great Ananias". During the course of the journey the archangel's protective influence is shown in many ways including the binding of a demon in the desert of upper Egypt . After returning and healing the blind Tobit, Azarias makes himself known as "the angel Raphael, one of the seven, who stand before the Lord" Tobit 12: 15 . He is venerated as Saint Raphael the Archangel . </P> <P> Regarding the healing powers attributed to Raphael, there is his declaration to Tobit (Tobit, 12) that he was sent by the Lord to heal him of his blindness and to deliver Sarah, his future daughter - in - law, from the demon Asmodeus, who kills every man she marries on their wedding night before the marriage can be consummated . </P> <P> In the New Testament, only the archangels Gabriel and Michael are mentioned by name (Luke 1: 9--26; Jude 1: 9). Later manuscripts of John 5: 1--4 refer to the pool of Bethesda, where the multitude of the infirm lay awaiting the moving of the water, for "an angel of the Lord descended at certain times into the pond; and the water was moved . And he that went down first into the pond after the motion of the water was made whole of whatsoever infirmity he lay under". Because of the healing role assigned to Raphael, this particular angel is generally associated with the archangel . </P> <P> Due to his actions in the Book of Tobit and the Gospel of John, Saint Raphael is accounted patron of travelers, the blind, happy meetings, nurses, physicians, medical workers, matchmakers, Christian marriage, and Catholic studies . As a particular enemy of the devil, he was revered in Catholic Europe as a special protector of Catholic sailors: on a corner of Venice's famous Doge's Palace, there is a relief depicting Raphael holding a scroll on which is written: "Efficia fretum quietum" (Keep the Gulf quiet). On July 8, 1497, when Vasco Da Gama set forth from Lisbon with his four ship fleet to sail to India, the flagship was named--at the King of Portugal's insistence--the St. Raphael . When the flotilla reached the Cape of Good Hope on October 22, the sailors disembarked and erected a column in the archangel's honor . The little statue of St. Raphael that accompanied Da Gama on the voyage is now in the Naval Museum in Lisbon . </P>

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