Gabriel

{{Infobox saint |honorific_prefix = Saint |name = Gabriel |honorific_suffix = |image = |imagesize = |caption = Detail of Gabriel from the Annunciation by Leonardo da Vinci (1470s) |birth_date = |death_date = |feast_day = 28 of December (Tahsas 19) and 26 of July (Hamle 19) Ethiopian Calendar |venerated_in = |titles = Archangel, Angel of Revelation, Commander of the Powers |beatified_by = |canonized_date = |canonized_place = |canonized_by = |attributes = Carrying a lily, a trumpet, a shining lantern, a branch from Paradise, a scroll, and a scepter. |patronage = Telecommunication workers, radio broadcasters, messengers, postal workers, clerics, diplomats, stamp collectors, Portugal, Santander, Cebu, ambassadors |major_shrine = |suppressed_date = |issues = }} In the Abrahamic religions (Judaism, Christianity and Islam), Gabriel is an archangel with the power to announce God's will to men. He is mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, the New Testament, and the Quran. Many Christian traditions – including Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy, Lutheranism, and Anglicanism – revere Gabriel as a saint. In the Hebrew Bible, Gabriel appears to the prophet Daniel to explain his visions (Daniel 8:15–26, 9:21–27). The archangel also appears in the Book of Enoch and other ancient Jewish writings not preserved in Hebrew. Alongside the archangel Michael, Gabriel is described as the guardian angel of Israel, defending its people against the angels of the other nations. In the New Testament, the Gospel of Luke relates the stories of the Annunciation, in which the angel Gabriel appears to Zechariah and the Virgin Mary, announcing to each the births of John the Baptist / Yahya and Jesus / Isa, respectively (Luke 1:11–38).