Gabriel
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Summary
Gabriel is an angel in Islam[1]. He draws 21,827 Wikipedia views per month (angel in islam category, ranking #1 of 8).[2]
Key Facts
- Sex or gender: male[3]
- Instance of: angel in Judaism[4], archangel[5], angels in Christianity[6]
- Commons category: Archangel Gabriel[7]
- Military, police or special rank: commander-in-chief[8]
- Canonization status: saint[9]
- Said to be the same as: Jibril[10]
- Given name: Gabriel[11]
- Feast day: September 29[12], March 26[13], July 13[14], November 8[15]
- Topic's main category: Category:Gabriel[16]
- Described at URL: https://arquivos.rtp.pt/conteudos/figura-do-arcanjo-sao-gabriel-na-marconi/[17], https://www.cronacaoggiquotidiano.it/2017/09/27/29-settembre-si-celebrano-santi-gabriele-patrono-delle-trasmissioni-michele-paracadutisti-polizia/[18]
- Described by source: Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[19], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[20], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[21], Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[22], Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[23], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[24], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[25], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 2[26]
- Present in work: Paradise Lost[27]
- Native label: גבריאל[28]
- Subject has role: angel[29]
- Domain of saint or deity: State Secret Protection Service[30]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[31]
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Works and Contributions
Things named for Gabriel include Angela White[32], a pornographic actor[33], b. 1985[34], of Australia[35], awarded the Penthouse Pet[36]; Gabriel's Horn[37], a mathematical concept[38]; he[39], a male given name[40]; São Gabriel[41], a carrack[42]; Aranđelovac[43], a city or town[44], in Serbia[45]; Menshikov Tower[46], a church building[47], in Russia[48], founded in 1704[49]; Gavriil[50]; and Sarajevo Old Orthodox Church[51].
Why It Matters
Gabriel has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[52] He is known by 142 alternative names across languages and contexts.[53]
Works attributed to him include Axion Estin[54], a hymn[55], in Greece[56]. Entities named for him include Angela White[32], a pornographic actor[33], b. 1985[34], of Australia[35], awarded the Penthouse Pet[36]; Gabriel's Horn[37], a mathematical concept[38]; he[39], a male given name[40]; São Gabriel[41], a carrack[42]; Aranđelovac[43], a city or town[44], in Serbia[45]; and Menshikov Tower[46], a church building[47], in Russia[48], founded in 1704[49].