Gabriel is an archangel in Abrahamic religions, originally mentioned in the Hebrew Bible.
Gabriel appears to the prophet Daniel in the Hebrew Bible to explain his visions. The archangel is also mentioned in the Book of Enoch and other early Jewish texts. Gabriel, along with archangel Michael, is described as Israel's guardian angel, defending its people from the angels of other nations.
The Annunciation traditions are told in Luke's
Gospel, in which the angel Gabriel appears to Zechariah and the Virgin
Mary, foretelling the births of John the Baptist and Jesus (Luke
1:11–38). Gabriel is revered as a saint by many Christian denominations,
including Anglicanism, Eastern Orthodoxy, and Roman Catholicism.
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