Camael, also spelled Chamuel, Khamuel, Camiel, Cameel and Camniel, is an archangel in Christian angelology.
Camael | |
|---|---|
 Sanctus Chamuel, stained-glass window at St Michael's Church, Brighton, England. | |
| Archangel | |
| Venerated in | Judaism, Anglicanism[citation needed] |
| Feast | 29 September |
| Attributes | Chalice, staff |
Camael was excluded from the Holy See's list of named angels in the 2001 Directory on popular piety, which states: "The practice of assigning names to the Holy Angels should be discouraged, except in the cases of Gabriel, Raphael, and Michael whose names are contained in Holy Scripture".[1]
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