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7 Sanctuaries linked by a straight line: The legendary Sword of St. Michael
Aletelia ^ | May 31, 2017 | Gelsomino Del Guercio

Posted on 06/03/2017 5:27:48 AM PDT by NYer

According to legend, the line represents the blow with which St. Michael sent the devil to hell.

A mysterious imaginary line links seven monasteries, from Ireland to Israel. Is it just a coincidence? These seven sanctuaries are very far from each other, and yet they are perfectly aligned (siviaggia.it).

The Sacred Line of Saint Michael the Archangel represents, according to legend, the blow the Saint inflicted the Devil, sending him to hell.

In any case, it is surprising how well these sanctuaries are, in fact, aligned. But the details of such alignment are also astonishing: the three most important sites, Mont Saint Michel in France; the Sacra of San Miguel in Val de Susa; and the Sanctuary of Monte Sant’Angelo in the Gargano are all the same distance one from the other. Some say this is a reminder from the Holy Archangel: the faithful are expected to be righteous, walking the straight path.

If all this was not surprising enough, the Sacred Line also is perfectly aligned with the sunset on the day of the Northern Hemisphere’s Summer Solstice (www.viagginews.com).

 

The line begins in Ireland, on a desert island, where Archangel Michael would have appeared to Saint Patrick, to help him liberate that country from the devil. Here stands the first monastery of the line, that of Skellig Michael, Michael’s Rock. Fans of the latest Star Wars installments will recognize this site.

The line then heads south and stops in England on St. Michael’s Mount, a Cornish islet which, at low tide, joins the mainland. Here, St. Michael is said to have spoken to a group of fishermen.

 

Mont Saint Michel

The sacred line then goes on to France, on another famous island, in Mont Saint-Michel, also one of the places in which St. Michael has appeared. The beauty of this sanctuary and the bay in which it is located, off the coast of Normandy, makes it one of the most visited tourist sites in all of France, and it has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1979. Since the times of the Gauls, this place has been considered mystical. In 709, the Archangel appeared to Saint Aubert, urging him to build a church in the rock. The works began immediately, but the Benedictine abbey was not fully built until the year 900.

 

The Sacra di San Michele, the symbol of the Italian region of Piedmont, stands in the dawn. In the background are visible mountains of the Val di Susa.

Sacra Di San Michele

About 1000 kilometers away, in Val de Susa, the fourth sanctuary arises: the Sacra di San Michele. The very same straight line links this sacred place to the rest of the monasteries dedicated to Saint Michael. The construction of the abbey began around the year 1000 and, throughout the centuries, new structures have been added to the original building. The Benedictine monks also added an inn, because this holy place was on the way of the pilgrims that traveled through the Via Francigena.

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Santuario Di San Michele Archangelo

Moving another thousand kilometers in a straight line, one reaches Puglia, where an inaccessible cavern has become a sacred place: the Sanctuary of Saint Michael. Its story goes back to the year 490, when St. Michael appeared to San Lorenzo Maiorano.

 De Aw58 - Trabajo propio, CC BY-SA 3.0

Symi’s Monastery

From Italy, the archangel’s footprints reach the sixth sanctuary. This one is in Greece, on the island of Symi. This monastery houses a three-meter-high statue of the Archangel, one of the largest in the world.

 Richard Sevcik | Shutterstock

Mount Carmel Monastery

The Sacred Line ends in Israel, at Mount Carmel Monastery, in Haifa. This place has been revered since antiquity, and its construction as a Christian and Catholic sanctuary dates back to the 12th century.


TOPICS: Catholic; History; Religion & Culture
KEYWORDS: faith; michael; stmichael
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To: FourtySeven

It would be an unusual, goal-seeking arc through a set of cherry-picked data points. I would not assign it much significance.


21 posted on 06/04/2017 7:24:16 AM PDT by thoughtomator
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To: NYer

And you refuse to believe that the first eleven chapters of Genesis are literally true . . . why???


22 posted on 06/04/2017 7:32:50 AM PDT by Zionist Conspirator (Viriycho sogeret umesuggeret mipnei Benei Yisra'el; 'ein yotze' ve'ein ba'.)
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To: Zionist Conspirator

Do you find anything pagan about a temple dedicated to a created being rather than God?


23 posted on 06/04/2017 8:13:51 AM PDT by BipolarBob (I like cream in my covfefe.)
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To: FourtySeven

It isn’t. Google Maps draws great circle lines. If you draw a line from Skellig Michael to Mt Carmel, you’ll find that the other sites aren’t on the line.


24 posted on 06/04/2017 4:07:27 PM PDT by Romulus
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It’s only a straight line on Roman maps. Isn’t that odd?


25 posted on 06/05/2017 6:28:18 AM PDT by BipolarBob (I like cream in my covfefe.)
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To: NYer

Giorgio Tsouklas the ‘It’s Aliens’ man uses this same argument for his ancient sites to ‘prove’ ET influence in their construction. He also thinks Michael the archangel is an ET.


26 posted on 06/05/2017 9:48:18 AM PDT by xone
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Giorgio Tsouklas the ‘It’s Aliens’ man

Wait, that guy is real and has a name?

27 posted on 06/06/2017 1:56:57 AM PDT by Moltke (Reasoning with a liberal is like watering a rock in the hope to grow a building)
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To: BipolarBob

But I can pretty much guarantee you that *any two* of those locations lie on a perfectly straight line!


28 posted on 06/06/2017 2:00:18 AM PDT by Moltke (Reasoning with a liberal is like watering a rock in the hope to grow a building)
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To: Moltke
Wait, that guy is real and has a name?

'Some ancient astronauts theorists say yes. And if so, it could mean we have already been visited by ETs in the past.'

29 posted on 06/06/2017 6:42:19 AM PDT by xone
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